1. Life is a big array of assembled phenomena, and thus life is impermanent

    3 March 17, 2021

    An appropriate question to ask a Buddhist is simply, “What is life?”

    From our understanding of impermanence, the answer should be obvious: “Life is a big array of assembled phenomena, and thus life is impermanent.” It is a constant shifting, a collection of transitory experiences. And although myriad life-forms exist, one thing we all have in common is that no living being wishes to suffer. We all want to be happy, from presidents and billionaires to hardworking ants, bees, prawns, and butterflies. ~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

  2. They are impermanent and they are not entirely within our control

    Comment December 26, 2020

    Even though we don’t consider ourselves to be so desperate, and believe that we are well educated, sane, and sober, when we see and feel that everything truly exists, we are behaving like the man in the desert. We rush to find authentic companionship, security, recognition, and success, or simply peace and quiet. We may even succeed in grasping some semblance of our desires. But just like the wanderer, when we depend on external substantiation, eventually we are disappointed. Things are not as they seem: they are impermanent and they are not entirely within our control. ~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

     

  3. Everything is impermanent

    Comment November 4, 2016

    All conditioned things are impermanent. When one see this in Wisdom, then one becomes dispassionate towards the painful.

    Sayings of the Buddha
    ~Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda

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  4. It may be like a dream

    Comment June 8, 2015

    By Ringu Tulku Rinpoche

    Emptiness, interdependence, impermanence, the nature of beings and things being dreamlike…these do not prevent us from doing things for other people. They do not prevent us doing positive things and reducing negativity. It may be like a dream, but it still affects people. The same question is raised in the Bodhicaryavatara. If everything is emptiness, why is there a need for compassion?  There is a need because people suffer. They do not understand emptiness. Therefore it is important to work for their benefit, to reduce suffering. Its being like a dream does not change anything in that regard.

    Because things are impermanent, interdependent, emptiness, we should try to see them clearly, so that whatever the situation may be, we do not panic. We change our way of experiencing. That does not mean that we should not try to change the situation. Even if we have to live in that situation, we should do so in a peaceful and joyful manner. Within the situation, we should do whatever we can to make it better – without becoming negative, without becoming completely hopeless, or overwhelmed by tragedy. We should live in a way to make things better, both outside and inside.

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  5. Impermanent

    Comment January 28, 2015

    Impermanent are all component things,
    They arise and cease, that is their nature:
    They come into being and pass away,
    Release from them is bliss supreme.

    Aniccaa vata sa”nkhaaraa — uppaada vaya dhammino
    Uppajjitvaa nirujjhanti — tesa.m vuupasamo sukho.

    — Mahaa-Parinibbaana Sutta

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