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=== Four marks === In the ''[[Ekottara Agama|Ekottarika-āgama]]'' and in [[Mahayana]] sources like the ''[[Yogacarabhumi-sastra|Yogācārabhūmi-Śāstra]]'' and ''The Questions of the Nāga King Sāgara'' ''([[Sāgaranāgarājaparipṛcchā]])'' however, four characteristics or “[[Four Dharma Seals|four seals of the Dharma]]” (Sanskrit: ''dharmoddāna-catuṣṭayaṃ'' or ''catvāri dharmapadāni'', Chinese: 四法印) are described instead of three:<ref name=":1" /><ref>Ulrich Timme Kragh (editor), ''The Foundation for Yoga Practitioners'': ''The Buddhist Yogācārabhūmi Treatise and Its Adaptation in India, East Asia, and Tibet, Volume 1'' Harvard University, Department of South Asian studies, 2013, p. 144.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Questions of the Nāga King Sāgara (3) | 84000 Reading Room |url=https://read.84000.co/translation/toh155.html}}</ref> * All compounded phenomena are impermanent (''anitya'') * All contaminated phenomena are without satisfaction (''duḥkha'') * All phenomena are without self (''anātman'') * [[Nirvana]] is peaceful/peace (''śānta/śānti'')
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