Anicca Nothing lasts forever and everything changes Anatta There is nothing permanent about you Therefore you have no soul Dukkha all of life is unsatisfactory or suffering We suffer because we do not accept that everything changes ID: 632800
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The Three Universal Truths
Anicca – Nothing lasts forever and everything changesAnatta – There is nothing permanent about you. Therefore you have no soul.Dukkha - all of life is unsatisfactory or suffering. We suffer because we do not accept that everything changes
Write these down…Slide2
Anicca: Nothing lasts forever everything changes
50,000 of the cells in your body will die and be replaced with new cells, all while you have been reading this sentence
The Greek Philosopher Heraclitus said
“You could not step into the same river twice”Slide3
Anicca: Nothing lasts forever everything changes
You have bought this car
Over the course of time you have had to change the gears, wheels, windows, paintwork, seats, engine.......................In fact you have replaced everything in the car
Do you still have the same car you bought?Slide4
Two one minute activities
In your jotters make two lists. One list of things that do not change and one list of things that do change.
A praise point for anyone who finds something that does not change.Slide5
Anatta
: You change?
Buddha would say that you constantly change and that you have no soul.
Body
Thoughts
The Senses
Imagine you have met the 5 year old you.
Take 1 minute to write down the differences there would be in the form and thoughts of you today and that little girl/boy. Slide6
Dukkha
: All of life is unsatisfactory because there is so much suffering.
Birth
Aging
Teenage Years
Times of illness
Death
Relationship BreakdownSlide7
Dukkha
: We suffer because we do not accept that everything changes
Birth
Aging
Teenage Years
Times of illness
Death
Relationship Breakdown