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Impermanence Makes Transformation Possible (Article)

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edited October 2011 in Buddhism Basics
As Buddhists, we work to accept the impermanence and inevitable decay of the physical body. But it’s not enough to accept it as a fact; we can believe in this and still not want it in plain sight. Nagarjuna said, “Change makes all things possible.”

It is only because of change that suffering can end—and it is because of change that our bodies fall apart, like all compounded things. We cannot have one without the other, but we try.

(Sallie Tisdale, "Washing Out Emptiness")
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