The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2489 page)

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Three marks of existence
(P
li,
ti-lakkha
a
; Skt.,
tri-lak
a
a
). In Buddhism the collective term for
anicca
(impermanence),
dukkha
(suffering), and
anatt
(no-self). Although each comprises a topic of meditation in its own right conceptually they are interrelated. See also
VIPASS
N
.
Three Pillars of Zen
.
A term usually taken to refer to
dai-funshi
,
dai-gidan
, and
dai-shinkon
. But it is also used more generally to refer to ‘teaching, practice, and enlightenment’, as in P. Kaplean's book,
The Three Pillars of Zen
(1980).
Three poisons
(one of ten powers of a Buddha):

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