https://buddhistresources.com/core-teachings/three-marks-of-existence/Recent content in The Three Marks of Existence on Buddhist ResourcesHugoen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 13:17:45 +0200https://buddhistresources.com/core-teachings/three-marks-of-existence/impermanence-anicca/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:17:45 +0200https://buddhistresources.com/core-teachings/three-marks-of-existence/impermanence-anicca/<p><em>Anicca</em> (Pali; Sanskrit: <em>anitya</em>) is the first of the <a href="https://buddhistresources.com/core-teachings/three-marks-of-existence/">Three Marks of Existence</a>. It is the observation that all conditioned phenomena — physical, mental, and emotional — are in constant flux. Nothing that arises stays the same for two consecutive moments. The Buddha taught this not as a depressing fact, but as something to be <em>seen directly</em> — and in the seeing, the mind settles.</p>https://buddhistresources.com/core-teachings/three-marks-of-existence/non-self-anatta/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:17:45 +0200https://buddhistresources.com/core-teachings/three-marks-of-existence/non-self-anatta/<p><em>Anatta</em> (Pali; Sanskrit: <em>anatman</em>) is the third of the <a href="https://buddhistresources.com/core-teachings/three-marks-of-existence/">Three Marks of Existence</a>. It is the observation that there is no fixed, permanent, independent &ldquo;self&rdquo; at the center of experience. What we call &ldquo;I&rdquo; is a process — a stream of changing conditions — rather than a stable entity. The teaching is often described as the most profound and most liberating of the three marks, and the most frequently misunderstood.</p>