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༈ འདུ་བྱེད་ཐམས་ཅད་མི་རྟག་ཅིང༌།།
ཟག་བཅས་ཐམས་ཅད་སྡུག་བསྔལ་བ།།
ཆོས་རྣམས་སྟོང་ཞིང་བདག་མེད་པ།།
མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ་ཞི་བའོ།།
All compounded things are impermanent.
All contaminated things are suffering.
All phenomena are empty and devoid of self.
Nirvana is true peace.
These four seals are said to be the hallmark of the Buddha’s teaching, and it is often said that the mark of a real Buddhist is that he or she accepts these four. Of course, taking refuge in the Tri-ratna/ དཀོན་མཆོག་གསུམ། (the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha) is the true entrance to the Buddhist path, distinguishing Buddhists from non-Buddhists. However, in terms of the view, these four statements summarize the uniqueness of the Buddha’s teachings and set Buddhism apart from all other religions and philosophies. The book “What Makes You Not a Buddhist” by a renowned Buddhist master Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, explains the Four Seals of Dharma as the essential principles defining the Buddhist worldview. Khyentse Rinpoche emphasizes that these four seals distinguish Buddhism from other spiritual paths, and that simply identifying with Buddhist culture or rituals does not make one a Buddhist—one must deeply understand and accept these core truths.
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