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 no-self: these are 3 kinds of deep comprehension.
Any feeling whatsoever ... Any perception whatsoever ... Any construction
whatsoever ... Any consciousness whatsoever is impermanent, miserable and
no-self! Any eye, any ear, any nose, any tongue, any body and any mind is
impermanent, suffering and
no-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 no-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 ...
Visuddhimagga:
The Path of Purification. 608
More on
these 3 Universal Characteristics of Existence
(Ti-lakkhana):
The 3 Universal Characteristics
and
The 3 Ultimate Facts!
