Amar
January 2, 2026, 7:02am
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Sabbe sankhara anicca
Sabbe sankhara dukkha
Sabbe dhamma anattā
Whether all the dhammas are permanent,
Or some dhammas are permanent,
Or nothing permanent
Amar:
Whether all the dhammas are permanent,
Or some dhammas are permanent,
Or nothing permanent
Thing is permanent - in puthujjana’s eyes- when is regarding by him as “self”.
Permanent is only what is not subject to arising. Whether asankhata dathu can be described as “thing”, is just a matter of terminology. But surely, nothing in space and time is permanent.
The nearest to permanence comes the notion of “self”. In itself self = permanence. And even while it is a part of ignorance, as such has no beginning, so while it is actually impermanent (it can be removed) it is very stable.
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Note: This is one of the first Dhamma essays I wrote, in 1999. I submitted it to the Eastern Horizon, but they rejected it.
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Bhikkhu Bodhi, in his essay “Nibbana” (https://www.dhammatalks.net/Books16/Bhikkhu_Bodhi-Nibbana.pdf ), wrote (bold typeface added):
"Nibbana is an existing reality
Regarding the nature of Nibbana, the question is often asked: Does Nibbana signify only extinction of the defilements and liberation from samsara or does it signify some reality existing in itself? Nibbana is not only the destruction of defilements and the end of samsara but a reality transcendent to the entire world of mundane expe…
before, no?
Hello everyone!
Please, I have a question: if all dhammas are annata because they are conditioned, in what sense is nibbana annata if it is not conditioned?
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