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The Buddhist teaching that there is no independent, permanent, unchanging self or soul.

The Buddhist teaching that a person has no permanent, unchanging self or soul.

The Three Marks of Existence are three fundamental characteristics of life and reality taught in Buddhism. They are anicca, meaning impermanence; anatta, meaning no fixed self; and dukkha, meaning suffering or unsatisfactoriness. They are sometimes called the Three Universal Truths and are shared teachings across Buddhist traditions, including Theravada and Mahayana.

Distinguish anicca, which concerns impermanence generally, from anatta, which concerns the absence of a permanent self or soul.

Use Kisa Gotami to illustrate anicca and Nagasena’s chariot to illustrate anatta. Explain the connection rather than only retelling the story.

Distinguish rebirth from the movement of an unchanging soul: Buddhists teach anatta, meaning no permanent self.

The Buddhist teaching that there is no permanent, unchanging self or soul.

Anatta means ‘no permanent self’: there is no fixed inner essence that remains identical throughout life and then survives death.

The teaching that there is no independent, fixed or permanent self, essence or soul within a person.

The Buddhist teaching that there is no independent, permanent self.

The teaching that there is no permanent, independent self or soul.

Anatta

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AQA GCSE Religious Studies A · 8062

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Eduqas GCSE Religious Studies · C120