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Does the saṅ­kha­ta­lak­kha­ṇa of dukkha apply to the noble path?

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Dukkha is usually clarified as an intrinsic characteristic of everything conditioned and to be as such a direct derivative of the characteristic of impermanence. Does this also apply to the noble path(s)? There is a discussion about that in the kathāvatthu (17.5), but that could not clarify it (at least for me). Best wishes. (I'm also bearing in mind, that the paths are classified as being anāsava. Would that imply that an anāsava-dhamma is not impermanent, suffering, not-self?) P.S. In the cūḷa­ve­dalla­sutta, MN 44, it is stated explicitly that the noble eightfold path is conditioned: > [...] “Ariyo panāyye, aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo saṅkhato udāhu asaṅkhato”ti? > > “Ariyo kho, āvuso visākha, aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo saṅkhato”ti. [...] > > [...] “But is the eightfold Noble Path, Noble Lady, conditioned or > unconditioned?” “The eightfold Noble Path, friend Visākha, is > conditioned.” [...]
Asked by Simo (121 rep)
Aug 13, 2015, 11:37 AM
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