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Impermanence

Anicca — all conditioned things arise and pass. The first of the three marks of existence and the Buddha's last instruction.

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Knowledge

A stone Buddha head at Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya, entwined and reclaimed by the roots of a Bodhi tree

Core Teachings

The Three Marks of Existence

Three characteristics belong to all conditioned phenomena: impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and non-self. To see them clearly in one's own experience is the precondition of liberating insight.

Figures

Siddhartha Gautama

The Shakya prince of Kapilavastu who left his palace, sat beneath the Bodhi tree, and set in motion the wheel of the dharma. The historical Buddha whose words seeded a tradition that now belongs to a fifth of humanity.

Sacred Sites

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Kushinagar

The Parinirvana.

Teachings

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The Dhammapada in Daily Life — Episode 04

The fourth episode. The Dhammapada read slowly enough that one verse can fill a day.

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The Dhammapada in Daily Life — Episode 09

The ninth episode. The Dhammapada's arithmetic of consequence.

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