The Dharma abides in its own dharma-stage, and the marks of the world are ever-present.

The Four Noble Truths themselves are conditioned dharmas subject to arising and ceasing, but this principle exists perpetually. Whether or not a Buddha appears in the world, this principle exists. As long as the world of the three realms exists, there is the principle of the Four Noble Truths, and there is the principle of the twelve links of dependent origination. This perpetual existence is vastly different from the perpetual existence of the ālayavijñāna, and the two must not be conflated. The Lotus Sutra (Saddharma-puṇḍarīka Sūtra) says: 是法住法位，世间相常在。This carries the same meaning. As long as the ālayavijñāna exists, the marks of the world exist; with the arising of the ālayavijñāna, wherever there is an ālayavijñāna there will certainly be the marks of the world, and there will certainly be the Dharma of the Four Noble Truths and the twelve links of dependent origination.

As for permanence, there is the worldly permanence and the supramundane permanence. As for truth, there is the worldly truth and the supramundane truth. To discern exactly which permanence and which truth is meant, one must rely on the context and the semantics—moreover, one must judge according to the meaning rather than according to the words. Therefore, the power of wise judgment is very important.