Parent:: [[Lakkhana|Lakkhaṇa]], [[Dhamma]] # Tilakkhaṇa (3 Characteristics of Existence) > [!info] Contains 3: > - [[Anicca]] — "Uncertainty", The Passing nature of things > - [[Dukkha]] — The "Unsatisfactory" nature of things > - [[Anatta|Anattā]] — The lack of a "Essence" or "Personality" > - (And sometimes the 4th: [[Asubha]] (inauspicious)) > [!tldr] The nature of *Everything* (from [[{Vilas Blog} Practical Anapanassatikatha|Ānāpānassatikathā]]): > ***==Khayaṭṭhena aniccā==*** — Since it is **Diminishing** all the time, it is aniccā > ***==Bhayaṭṭhena dukkhā==*** — As everything diminishes, so the **Fear** is going to be there and is pain and suffering > ***==Asārakaṭṭhena anattā==*** — it is **Essenceless** to hold onto something as “me and mine” ^khayatthena-anicca ## All [[Sankhara|Saṅkhāra]] are [[Anicca]] and [[Dukkha]], and all [[Dhamma|Things]] are [[Anatta]] > [!NOTE] All Saṅkhāra is [[Anicca]], [[Dukkha]], and all Dhamma is [[Anatta]] — In Uppādāsutta ([AN3.136](https://suttacentral.net/an3.136/en/sujato)) > “Mendicants, whether **Realized Ones arise or not**, this law of nature persists, this **regularity of natural principles**, this **invariance of natural principles**: > > _“**Uppādā** vā, bhikkhave, **tathāgatānaṁ anuppādā vā tathāgatānaṁ**, ṭhitāva sā dhātu **dhammaṭṭhitatā dhammaniyāmatā**._ > > all conditions are impermanent. > _Sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā._ > > A Realized One understands this and comprehends it, > _Taṁ tathāgato abhisambujjhati abhisameti._ > > then he explains, teaches, asserts, establishes, clarifies, analyzes, and reveals it: > _Abhisambujjhitvā abhisametvā ācikkhati deseti paññāpeti paṭṭhapeti vivarati vibhajati uttānīkaroti:_ > > ‘**All conditions are impermanent**.’ > _‘**==sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā==**’ti._ > > --- > ... > > ‘**All conditions are suffering**.’ > _‘**==sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā==**’ti._ > > --- > ... > > ‘**All things are not-self**.’” > _‘**==sabbe dhammā anattā==**’”ti._ ^uppadasutta ![[Dhp - 20. Maggavagga#^anicca-dukkha-anatta]] ## Notes ![[(2022-08-18) (21-day Series) Brahma Vihara Meditation#^b899d5]] ## Sutta - [[SN22.45 Aniccasutta]] - [[SN22.59 Anattalakkhaṇasutta]]