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Four Takes on Impermanence
Posted by Monty McKeever on 03 Dec 2010 in
Buddhism
Dalai Lama
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The Buddha
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Tom Zachmeier
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This body, bhikkhus, is perishable, consciousness is of a nature to dissolve, and all objects of clinging are impermanent, suffering and subject to change.
-The Buddha
Impermanence is chosen as a worthy object of meditation in Buddhism because, although we may understand it intellectually, we mostly do not behave as though we have integrated this awareness. A combination of analysis and concentration on this topic brings the insight to life so that we appreciate the preciousness of every moment of our experience.
-The Dalai Lama
If we are not empty, we become a block of matter.
We cannot breathe, we cannot think.
To be empty means to be alive, to breathe in and to breathe out.
We cannot be alive if we are not empty.
Emptiness is impermanence, it is change.
We should not complain about impermanence,
because without impermanence, nothing is possible.
-Thich Nhat Hanh
Filmmaker Tom Zachmeier:
Contemplate Impermanence (for 30 seconds):
Four Takes on Impermanence
Posted by Monty McKeever on 03 Dec 2010 in
Buddhism
Dalai Lama
impermanence
The Buddha
thich nhat hanh
Tom Zachmeier
0 Discuss
0 Twitter
261 Facebook
7
This body, bhikkhus, is perishable, consciousness is of a nature to dissolve, and all objects of clinging are impermanent, suffering and subject to change.
-The Buddha
Impermanence is chosen as a worthy object of meditation in Buddhism because, although we may understand it intellectually, we mostly do not behave as though we have integrated this awareness. A combination of analysis and concentration on this topic brings the insight to life so that we appreciate the preciousness of every moment of our experience.
-The Dalai Lama
If we are not empty, we become a block of matter.
We cannot breathe, we cannot think.
To be empty means to be alive, to breathe in and to breathe out.
We cannot be alive if we are not empty.
Emptiness is impermanence, it is change.
We should not complain about impermanence,
because without impermanence, nothing is possible.
-Thich Nhat Hanh
Filmmaker Tom Zachmeier:
Contemplate Impermanence (for 30 seconds):
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