Zen Teaching Insight into the Three I's (the three characteristics)
This example presents a Zen Buddhist teaching on the three characteristics of existence—impermanence, suffering, and non-self—as a series of text passages. Each paragraph fades in sequentially using JavaScript’s `setTimeout` to modify CSS `opacity` and `transform` properties, creating a gentle reading flow. The page uses plain HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript (no external libraries), with a hover effect on each passage that lifts the card and adds a shadow via CSS transitions. The content is drawn from a teacher’s commentary on the Saṁyutta Nikāya scripture.
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Insight into the Three I's (the three characteristics) by Zen Master Tan Gong (José Ramírez) The Buddha said that our six senses (eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind) and the six sense objects (sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas), are impermanent (Aniccā). What's impermanent is
When we look in the mirror, or see an old photograph of ourselves, we realize we are aging, that we are changing, that somehow our life is impermanent. The seasons, the weather, our possessions, our f
Life is not only impermanent, but that impermanence makes life imperfect, not quite right, and that generates suffering. And we suffer because we take things personally, because our strong belief in a
As we gain insight into the three I's, we realize that we are just energy flowing, without an unchanging subject of experience, just a focal point of fleeting moments of existence.
(1) Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.1 and 35.4