Buddhism Gautam Buddha And Philosophy

Philosophical Concepts

Doctrine	Explanation
Anicca (Impermanence)	All conditioned phenomena are transient and changeable
Anatta (Non-self)	No eternal, unchanging self; persons are aggregates (skandhas)
Dukkha (Suffering)	Existence in saṃsāra involves inherent unsatisfactoriness
Pratītyasamutpāda	Dependent origination: phenomena arise in dependence on causes and conditions
Nirvāṇa	Liberation from saṃsāra; extinguishing of greed, hatred, and delusion