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The first glimmerings of Perfect Vision may arise spontaneously. Perhaps in a moment of inspiration we catch a glimpse of the vast interconnectedness of all living things, or at a time of bereavement we see the futility of all our ‘getting and spending’. Some catch their first glimpse of it through encountering another person and seeing a particular quality in the way they live their lives.

To the extent that they have any value at all, the great artistic, philosophical and religious productions of mankind embody some degree of Perfect Vision – to some extent at least, they all communicate something of how things really are.

Over the course of its 2,500-year history Buddhism has generated a vast treasury of teachings – doctrines concerning the ultimate nature of reality and different methods for its realization. Fortunately, we don’t have to master them all. All we need is what will help us to see more clearly how things really are and to act accordingly. One such teaching is that of the Three Marks of Conditioned Existence.