The Four Summaries of the Dharma, the four dharma emblems. Syn {chos rtags kyi phyag rgya bzhi}. the four seals. Syn {phyag rgya bzhi}. The four main principles of Buddhism. These four main principles marking a doctrine as Buddhist are: 1) {'du byas thams cad mi rtag pa}, All conditioned/compounded things are impermanent; 2) {zag bcas thams cad sdug bsngal}, all defiling things (defiled with ego-clinging) are suffering; 3) {chos thams cad stong zhing bdag med pa'o}, all phenomena are empty and devoid of a self-entity / identityless. 4) {mya ngan las 'das pa ni zhi ba}, nirvana is peace
<term> four seals of the Buddha's teaching