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Plain English Guide to Buddhism
In Buddhism, the Three Marks of Existence are three characteristics shared by all sentient beings, namely impermanence ( anicca ), suffering or unsatisfactoriness ( dukkha ), and non-self ( anatta ).
Annica – Impermanence – Nothing ever stays the same, and change is often painful in some way. You fall in love with your young lover who promises their love is forever. They then grow old with you. Then they die. As they grew older, they changed, becoming slower, in more pain, and perhaps with difficulty thinking straight. Once they die, they change physically; one way or another they decompose, returning to the environment and becoming part of something new. Remember hearing about the “Cycle of Life?” A cy
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