1.1 The 3 Characteristics

Identity, Positionality, and Ancestral Karma 1. Impermanence 1.1 The 3 Characteristics

The first of the 3 Characteristics, or Marks (tilakkhaṇa): Impermanence (anicca). As is our practice often lately, the meditations include the Refuge and Precepts pūja.

Talk:The quality and practice of refuge, and how we both need a refuge from impermanence, and we take refuge in impermanence.
(Recorded on 1.16.18 at Insight Meditation Satsang, Berkeley, CA)

Meditation: Mindfulness of change
(Recorded on 1.16.18 at Insight Meditation Satsang, Berkeley, CA)

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