Saṅkhārā vs. dhammā in the three characteristics

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You might find this discussion of interest, I’ve been slowly reading through it myself :

Commentaries on whether "sabbe dhammā anattā" refers to Nibbana

An issue has arisen a few times on this forum regarding the commentarial interpretation of the famous phrase sabbe dhammā anattā. This phrase occurs as part of a frequently repeated set of statements, often in verse, that speak of the contemplation of “conditions” (saṅkhārā) as impermanent and suffering, but when it comes to “not-self”, it switches to dhammā. So the question arises as to why this switch is made. In this article I’ll refer to this set of statements as the threefold contemplation. …