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The Impermanence of All Things

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Mundane · Everything is an instrument

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The idea that everything in the world changes, repeatedly undergoing the fate of arising and disappearing, and that nothing remains eternally unchanged. The idea that life is fleeting and empty. One of the three marks of existence fundamental to Buddhism: “all formations are impermanent,” “all phenomena are without self” (shoho muga), and “nirvana is peaceful” (nehan jakujo).

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