Friends:
The
3 Stigmata are Universal Characteristics!
Any form, materiality or body
whatsoever, whether past, future or present,
internal or external, gross or subtle, inferior or superior, far or near is only
impermanent, painful and not-self: these are 3 kinds of deep comprehension.
Any feeling whatsoever ... Any perception whatsoever ... Any
construction
whatsoever ... Any consciousness
whatsoever is impermanent, miserable and
not-self! Any eye, any
ear, any nose, any tongue, any
body and any
mind is
impermanent, suffering and not-self! Any
visible form, any sound, any smell,
any taste, any
touch and any idea whether past,
future or present, internal
or external, gross or subtle, inferior or superior, far or near remains always
transient, painful and impersonal: These are 3 kinds of real comprehension.
One can understand it in this way:
Any object is impermanent in the
sense
of destruction, painful in the sense of terror, and not-self in the sense of
having no core: These 3 characteristics can be generalized to all things...
Full comprehension is understanding: Any
object whatsoever whether past,
future or present, is impermanent, constructed, dependently arisen, thus
inevitably it will be destroyed, unambiguously
it will fade away by decay,
unavoidably it will be lost,
inescapably it will all cease,
perish and vanish ...
Vism 608
More on these 3 Universal
Characteristics of Existence (Ti-lakkhana):
The
3 Universal Characteristics and The 3
Ultimate Facts!
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Bhikkhu
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