Its characteristic marks being absence of arising, subsisting, changing, and passing away. The Bodhisattva dwells in the direct experience of the absolute, in the bliss of cognizing one's identity with the absolute and in total detachment from the worlds. Rarely, almost never, can these be found in other systems and nowhere do they occur combined. No doctrinal dogma and no provision for a centralized authority are in place. Only the accuracy of a truth verifiable by a nominal, reasonable mind is acceptable.
Independence is stressed and self-reliance is the essence of the spiritual practices.
I take refuge in the Teaching. To lack a soul implies that Buddhism has to introduce a new psychogenesis. These attributes are constantly moving and changing like the waters of a swiftly flowing river. So the illusion of the separated Self is the first cause of sorrow. The eightfold path leads to a state of purity, to a deathless bliss amidst continuous change.