Three Seals of Buddha's Teachings:
Nirvana, Impermanence, and No-Self.
No-Self implies that there is no fixed identity or soul,
instead we are ongoing interacting processes
of minds thinking and perceptions, and body's feelings and impulses.
Despite our egocentric way of understanding, and remembering
our energies are interconnected and interdependent
with everyone and everything on earth, and in the universe.
Impermanence means simply that everything changes,
including us, and the earth and stars;
even atoms eventually decay.
Nirvana is the emptiness or openness
that mirrors or underlies everything, and everyone.
Some authorities cite Suffering in place of Nirvana as a seal,
but suffering is viewed as being negative,
while the emptiness of Nirvana may also imply freedom and joy.
This is mostly taken from my essay,
Right, According to Buddha,
that roughly outlines Thich Nhat Hahn's book "The Heart of Buddha's Teaching"
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