Alan Peto: Anicca/Anatta/Nirvana (no Dukkha)

[Spiny Norman]

Interesting to note is that the common argument for anatta is based on the reality of dukkha:

Good point.

[binocular]

There's an old, crude policy employed by so many tyrants and dictators throughout human history - No man, no problem.

If there's a problem, the quickest and thoroughest way seems to be to just get rid of the person who seems to be causing the problem or is pointing at it. To get rid of the person - physically, or metaphyisically ...

[Mkoll]

If I only were able to see happiness and "nirvana" (tranquility) around me, I would just enjoy and live the life without the higher objective of transcending dukkha (since that requires a lot of effort), no matter how much I intellectually acknowledge Anicca and Anatta

Very good point. Dukkha and the knowledge of future dukkha is the "spurs against the horse's flank", if you will, of Buddhist practice.