A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.
The evil done by oneself, born of oneself,
produced by oneself, crushes the unintelligent
like a diamond does a gemstone.
-- Dhammapada XII.5
Neither from itself nor from another,
nor from both, nor without a cause,
does anything whatever, anywhere arise.
-- Mulamadhyamakakarika I.1
No essence.
No permanence.
No perfection.
(My translation of anatta, anicca, dukkha)