The three marks of reality in Buddhism are Anicca, Anatta, and Dukkha. Anicca means that nothing is forever (Hayes, 2002). Anatta means that human beings do not have a soul (Hayes). No eternal part of human beings exist (Hayes). The sense of self is an illusion and causes suffering (Hayes). Dukkha is the concept of suffering (Hayes). All of existence is suffering (Hayes).
The four noble truths of Buddhism are that “life means suffering, the origin of suffering is attachment, the cessation of suffering is attainable, the path to the cessation of suffering” (Knierim, 2011). Life is suffering whether the ...
