High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! According to the Buddha there are "three characteristics" (Pali: tilakkha?a; Sanskrit: trilak?a?a) of existence, namely, inconstancy (anicca,??, usually translated as "impermanence"), suffering (dukkh?,?) and not-self (anatt?, ?) and that by observing them, suffering is brought to an end (dukkha nirodha,??). He taught that all things conditioned by causes (sa?kh?ra) are impermanent (anicca) and suffering (dukkh?) while he said not-self (anatt?) characterises all dhammas meaning there is no "I" or "mine" in the conditioned as well as the unconditioned (i.e. Nibb?na).