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All things are impermanent when one observes this with insight, then one becomes detached from suffering; this is the path of purification. Dhammapada 277 - by the Vipassana Research Institute Change is inherent in all phenomenal existence. There is nothing animate or inanimate, organic or inorganic that we can label as permanent, since even as we affixed that label on something it would undergo metamorphosis. Realizing this central fact of life by direct experience within himself, the Buddha declared, "Whether a fully Enlightened One has arisen in the world or not, it still remains a firm condition, an immutable fact and fixed law that all formations are impermanent, subject to suffering, and devoid of substance." Anicca (impermanence), dukkha (suffering), and anatta (insubstantiality) are the three characteristics common to all sentient existence. Of these, the most important in the practice of Vipassana is anicca. As meditators, we come face to face with the impermanence of ourselv

Vol.1 No.2 October, 1990 Words of Dhamma Sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā’ti yadā paññāya passati, atha nibbindati dukkhe; esa maggo visuddhiyā. All things are impermanent when one observes this with insight, then one becomes detached from suffering; this is the path of purification. Dhammapada 277 Anicca - by the Vipassana Research Institute Change is inherent in all phenomenal existence. There is nothing animate or inanimate, organic or inorganic that we can label as permanent, since even as we affixed that label on something it would undergo metamorphosis. Realizing this central fact of life by direct

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