Three Marks of Existence

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Buddhist doctrinal concept Buddhist teaching core Buddhist doctrine

The Three Marks of Existence are core Buddhist teachings that describe the fundamental characteristics of all conditioned phenomena: impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and non-self.

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Label Occurrences
Three Marks of Existence canonical 4
Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist doctrinal concept ⓘ
Buddhist teaching ⓘ
core Buddhist doctrine ⓘ
aimsAt insight into reality ⓘ
appliesTo all conditioned phenomena ⓘ
mental phenomena ⓘ
physical phenomena ⓘ
category Buddhist metaphysics ⓘ
Buddhist psychology ⓘ
centralIn Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahāyāna Buddhism

Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravāda Buddhism

Vajrayana ⓘ
surface form: Vajrayāna Buddhism
contrastsWith belief in a permanent self ⓘ
belief in lasting satisfaction ⓘ
describes conditioned phenomena ⓘ
emphasizes direct experiential understanding ⓘ
focusesOn nature of existence ⓘ
nature of experience ⓘ
goal liberation from suffering ⓘ
reduction of attachment ⓘ
hasBuddhistTerm tilakkhaṇa ⓘ
hasInterpretation philosophical ⓘ
practical ⓘ
psychological ⓘ
hasLanguage Pali ⓘ
hasPart impermanence ⓘ
non-self ⓘ
unsatisfactoriness ⓘ
hasSanskritTerm trilakṣaṇa ⓘ
influenced Buddhist ethical outlook ⓘ
contemplative practices in Buddhism ⓘ
mentionedIn the Pali Canon ⓘ
surface form: Pali Canon

Sutta Pitaka ⓘ
purpose cultivating wisdom ⓘ
overcoming ignorance ⓘ
relatedConcept anattā ⓘ
anicca ⓘ
dukkha ⓘ
relatedTo Four Noble Truths ⓘ
dependent origination ⓘ
scope samsaric existence ⓘ
studiedIn Abhidhamma Pitaka ⓘ
surface form: Abhidhamma

Buddhist philosophy ⓘ
taughtAs universal characteristics ⓘ
taughtBy Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Gautama Buddha
usedFor meditation practice ⓘ
vipassanā meditation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Four Noble Truths → relatedConcept → Three Marks of Existence ⓘ
Theravada → coreTeaching → Three Marks of Existence ⓘ
Isipatana → associatedWithText → Three Marks of Existence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta
Indian Buddhism → hasKeyDoctrine → Three Marks of Existence ⓘ
Four Arya Truths → relatedConcept → Three Marks of Existence ⓘ