Three marks of existence - Interpretations of the three marks by various schools

After much meditation, the Buddha concluded that everything in the physical world (plus everything in the phenomenology of psychology) is marked by three characteristics, known as the three characteristics of existence, three signs of being or Dharma Seals. Together the three characteristics of existence are called ti-lakkhana, in Pali; or tri-laksana, in Sanskrit. Dukkha or unsatisfactoriness. Nothing found in the physical world or the psychological realm can bring lasting deep satisfaction. Anicca ...

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Some Buddhist traditions assert that Anatta pervades everything, and is not limited to personality, or soul. These traditions assert that Nirvana also has the quality of Anatta, but that Nirvana (by definition) is the cessation of Dukkha and Anicca. In Nagarjuna's MMK XXV:19, he says There is not the slightest difference Between Samsara and Nirvana This verse points us to an interesting stress between dukkha and nirvana, through an argument based in anatta. This s ...

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