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The Buddha said:
“Sabbe dhamma anatta”—all dhamma are anatta, cannot be commanded. “Sabbe sankhara anicca”—all sankhara are impermanent. What are sankhara? They are the phenomena of the physical and the mental; they are the physical body and the mind. Corporeality, sensations, perceptions, mental formations (sankhara), consciousness that emerge—they are all governed by the Law of the Trilaksana. They emerge, then cease; they appear, then disappear. There is nothing that is permanent, that is forever. There are only emergence, then cessation; emergence, then cessation—according to their time, according to their strength. But, when they do not cease, this is because we latch onto them; we deny. We deny sufferings;
we latch onto happiness. When our attachments cannot sustain, we suffer again. Attachments cause sufferings. Therefore, the very best thing is to have the mindfulness to contemplate in the present.
Phra Ajarn Prasert Thanangkaro Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2010
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