{"podcast":{"title":"Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio","slug":"dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051","podcast_index_feed_id":313051,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/185039/destinations/1271147.xml","website_url":"https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/1/9/2/91924968779d54f7/dharmabytes_logo_1400.jpg","author":"Free Buddhist Audio","episode_count":1433,"summary":"Dharmabytes features bite-sized dharma, three times a week, from the Free Buddhist Audio archives. Themed in conjunction with our weekly full length talk podcast, these are inspiring short extracts from over 5,000 talks on Buddhism, meditation and mindfulness! Tune in, be inspired!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T00:18:46.756120+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051"},"episode":{"title":"Characteristics of reality","slug":"characteristics-of-reality","published_at":"2026-03-20T13:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051/characteristics-of-reality","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051","url":"https://dharmabytes.libsyn.com/characteristics-of-reality","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/dharmabytes/Dharmabytes_-_Characteristics_of_Reality_1417.mp3?dest-id=1271147","summary":"Suryadarshini gives an account of the Buddha's teaching of the three lakshanas, the marks of conditioned existence. He taught that all phenomena have three characteristics: they are impermanent, insubstantial, and imperfect. Expectations can help or hinder our view of reality, and reflecting on the lakshanas can move us towards freedom rather than disappointment, both in meditation and in our lives. Excerpted from the talk entitled Expectations Versus Reality given at Norwich Buddhist Centre , 2017. *** Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now: https://freebuddhistaudio.com/donate Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: Bite-sized clips - Buddhist inspiration three times a week. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio/id416832097 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4UHPDj01UH6ptj8FObwBfB","meta_description":"Suryadarshini gives an account of the Buddha's teaching of the three lakshanas, the marks of conditioned existence. He taught that all phenomena have thre…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":335,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051/episodes/characteristics-of-reality/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051/characteristics-of-reality.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}