Here I talk about one of the three marks of Existence (Pali: tilakkhaṇa; Sanskrit: त्रिलक्षण, trilakṣaṇa, Japanese: 三法印 sanbōin). The Buddhist idea of No-self (Sanskrit: Anatman, Japanese: 空 kū) The habitual way we think and feel about ourselves is to think we have this unchanging separate part that looks out on the world, a soul, spirit. What […]
Impermanence (Annica, Anitya, 無常 Mujō)
Here I talk about, Impermanence (Sanskrit: Anitya). One of the 3 Marks of Existence in Buddhism (Pali: tilakkhaṇa; Sanskrit: त्रिलक्षण, trilakṣaṇa, Japanese: 三法印 sanbōin) What it means is that that all things are in a state of flux. All conditioned things are changing, birth and death, ageing process, objects, possessions, the natural world. It also […]
