Questions tagged [three-lakshanas]

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How to Know the Knowing of Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta

Anicca, dukkha, anatta. I've listened to plenty of bhikkhus and bhikkhunis talk about these characteristics at length. Take for example anicca. I am asking the same thing about dukkha and anatta. Suppose one has not yet seen for oneself how all…
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Is there an anicca→anatta→dukkha description of the three marks?

That is to say, I only remember of the pattern of anicca→dukkha→anatta (that which is impermanent and unsatisfactory cannot be considered Self, to paraphrase) in the suttas. Is there an argument that progresses from anicca to anatta (and then to…
Ilya Grushevskiy
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