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Dzogchen Retreat - The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers by Düdjom Lingpa

D7S1 - The Three Marks of Existence in Everyday Examples

Lama Alan · 118 minutes · recorded June 12, 2025

Lama Alan works through the three marks of existence: impermanence, illustrated by a ship that has had every plank replaced yet is still called the same boat; dukkha, the disappointment of expecting another person to be the source of our happiness; and not-self, shown by asking what in the body or mind is truly you, down to a cell phone that belongs to no one until it is claimed.

The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers

Emptiness Impermanence Teacher and student The four noble truths Dzogchen The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers

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