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impermanence

BaseballBuddhistBaseballBuddhist
edited September 2010 in Buddhism Basics
For something to have come into existence, it must have changed from something it was not; until something is what it is, it is something it is not; so something is always not what it is not except for the moment when it is; thus everything either is or isn't what it is, but there is a what it is for each moment as there is a number for each hour of the day; so something can never be what it has been, and it is always what it is; this is what we call impermanence.

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  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    edited September 2010
    ........
  • nanimonanimo
    edited September 2010
    Ok, now say that five times fast without tying your tongue in a knot!:lol:

    Seriously though, your eyes appear to be open to the true nature of reality. Congratulations!:bigclap:
  • BaseballBuddhistBaseballBuddhist
    edited September 2010
    nanimo wrote: »
    Seriously though, your eyes appear to be open to the true nature of reality. Congratulations!:bigclap:

    It makes me happy that you say that, thus I realize they are not.
  • aMattaMatt Veteran
    edited September 2010
    BaseballBuddhist wrote: »
    For something to have come into existence, it must have changed from something it was not; until something is what it is, it is something it is not; so something is always not what it is not except for the moment when it is; thus everything either is or isn't what it is, but there is a what it is for each moment as there is a number for each hour of the day; so something can never be what it has been, and it is always what it is; this is what we call impermanence.

    Feeling a little conceptually posh?
  • BaseballBuddhistBaseballBuddhist
    edited September 2010
    Actually, I really just like semicolons.
  • thickpaperthickpaper Veteran
    edited September 2010
    BaseballBuddhist wrote: »
    For something to have come into existence, it must have changed from something it was not; until something is what it is, it is something it is not; so something is always not what it is not except for the moment when it is; thus everything either is or isn't what it is, but there is a what it is for each moment as there is a number for each hour of the day; so something can never be what it has been, and it is always what it is; this is what we call impermanence.

    Can you try saying that again, but making it more clear as I don't get what you mean:)

    namaste
  • mugzymugzy Veteran
    edited September 2010
    The weight of a turtle hair broom is three kilos.
  • PietroPumokinPietroPumokin
    edited September 2010
    1. For something to have come into existence, it must have changed from something it was not;

    your propositional statement is out of parameters UPON THE CONTINGENCY of NEGLECT inside the ocean of reasON that ..... uh,.,,,,, WHAT? LOL!!!! um OH yeah ok uhhhh, well FIRST , loll why must it have changed from something it is not? is non-existence (that which preceded existence) something that does not belong to a thing's nature?

    that was fun to read though it had the puzzle slap effect of reading a koan good job
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