all things lack an unchanging self
Buddhist doctrine that all phenomena are without an inherent, independent, permanent essence. One of the Four Dharma Seals (四法印).
See also: 四法印 (しほういん)
The idea that all things lack an unchanging self is one of the fundamental teachings of Buddhism.
The Four Dharma Seals, of which 諸法無我 is one; the broader set of Buddhist doctrinal marks.
From the Buddhist Sanskrit term anātman (無我) applied to all dharmas (諸法). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the phrase is a standard doctrinal formula in East Asian Buddhism.