Tag: Dhammapada

Aniccalakkhana Vatthu
Dukkhalakkhana Vatthu
Anattalakkhana Vatthu

“Sabbe sankhara anicca” ti
yada pannaya¹ passati
atha nibbindati dukkhe
esa maggo visuddhiya.

“Sabbe sankhara dukkha” ti
yada pannaya passati
atha nibbindati dukkhe
esa maggo visuddhiya.

“Sabbe sankhara anatta” ti
yada pannaya passati
atha nibbindati dukkhe
esa maggo visuddhiya.

Verse 277: “All conditioned phenomena are impermanent”; when one sees this with Insight-wisdom, one becomes weary of dukkha (i.e., the khandhas). This is the Path to Purity.

Verse 278: “All conditioned phenomena are dukkha”; when one sees this with Insight-wisdom, one becomes weary of dukkha (i.e., the khandhas). This is the Path to Purity.

Verse 279: “All phenomena (dhammas) are without Self”; when one sees this with Insight-wisdom, one becomes weary of dukkha (i.e., the khandhas). This is the Path to Purity.

1. panna: Insight-wisdom (Vipassana panna).

Excerpted from https://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/

The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories

Translated by Daw Mya Tin, M.A.

Edited by Editorial Committee, Burma Tipitaka Association Rangoon, Burma, 1986

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My note:

Dukkha is sometimes translated as pain or suffering or dissatisfaction.

I prefer to think of it as dissatisfaction as so very many people are dissatisfied with a myriad of things in their lives. They might be dissatisfied if they don’t get a promotion, they might be dissatisfied if they do. They can ask a doctor to slash them with a scalpel in an attempt to be more attractive. They can self-harm with tattoos and body modification.  They may be dissatisfied that there is a statue of Rhodes…

They may be dissatisfied with the England cricket score…