A Presentation of a selection of Dhamma Teachings / Quotes on Impermanence, a central Dhamma doctrine in Buddhism. For reflection and actualization. The texts are in English. For the Video Presentation (with Audio narration , comments and Explanation in Hokkien ), check out the Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGMLZAHUzTw

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All
conditioned
things are
impermanent.
Work out your
own salvation
with diligence.
- Buddha's
last words

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“When
impermanence
is realized,
one’s mind
grows more
steady
and wise.”

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Everything flows
and nothing
abides,
everything gives
way and nothing
stays fixed.
~Heraclitus~

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“When one
sees
transiency
clearly,
one clings not
to things
greedily.”

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Everything—every
tree, every blade of
grass, all the
animals, insects,
human beings,
buildings,
the animate
and the inanimate—
is always changing,
moment to moment.
Pema Chodron

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“All compounded
things are
impermanent.
May we all strive
hard for
Enlightenment.”

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We are like the
spider.
We weave our life
and then move
along in it.
We are like the
dreamer who
dreams and then
lives in the dream.
This is true for the
entire universe.
The Upanishads

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“One cannot
know
when one
will transit.
Why then
live a life of
so much
greed?”

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When death finally
comes you will
welcome it like an
old friend, being
aware of how
dreamlike and
impermanent the
phenomenal world
really is.
Dilgo Kyentse

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“When one sees
that conditioned
phenomena
don’t last,
one knows that
‘Striving for the
Unconditioned
one MUST.”

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Nothing is
perfect,
nothing lasts,
and nothing
is finished.
~Richard
Powell

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“Reflecting on the
impermanence of everything,
may we practice ‘Letting Go’
and remove all clinging.”

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All composite
things are
impermanent,
They are
subject to birth
and death;
Put an end to
birth and death,
And there is a
blissful
tranquility.

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Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those
are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.
Gene Tierney

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“Why bear
anger or hate
towards
another
when
transient life
will end
sooner
or later.”

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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
St. Jerome

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“Life will
come to
an end
one day…
May we all
live the
Righteous
Way”

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In the midst of
clouds of
impermanence and
illusion dances the
lightening of life.
Can you say you
won’t die
tomorrow?
Practice the
dharma.
Dilgo Khyentse
Rinpoche

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“When there is life,
there must be death and decay.
Let’s live a life
of worthiness everyday.”

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All formations
are `transient’
(anicca);
all formations
are `subject
to suffering’
(dukkha);
all things are
`without a self’
(anattaa).
~ Gautama
Buddha

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“Life is
impermanent and
all have to depart.
May you have
kindness and
forgiveness in
your heart.”

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Again, when one
understands that
corporeality, feeling,
perception, mental
formations and
consciousness are
transient (subject to
suffering, and without
a self), also in that
case one possesses
Right Understanding.
Gautama Buddha

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“The only certainty
in life
is uncertainty.
Reflecting,
let’s strive for
peace and
equanimity.”

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We need to
surrender to the fact
that all efforts at
permanence are
hopeless.
No structure we can
build will protect us
from the
contingencies of life.
But in the midst of
that impermanence
is the incredible
gift of life.
~ Ecclesiastes

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“Yesterday – A Memory
Tomorrow –
Uncertainty.
What matters is
Today.
That’s why the Present
is a Gift.”

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Everything about us, within as well as without -our
relationships, our thoughts, our feelings- is
impermanent, in a constant state of flux.
J Krishnamurty

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“Do we live
with a
purpose
and
meaning
in this life
that is
so very
fleeting?”

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When you truly
embrace
your human
impermanence
you connect with
the power you
have, and
influence you
have, over the
time you have.
― Steve Maraboli

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“ ‘Birth, old
age, sickness
and death’ is
our ‘Fate’.
Mindfulness
is the Path
to the
Deathless
State.”

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The End
In MemoryOf My Mother
LIM SAW GHIM
1924 - 2012
May She Find Happiness
And Peace
And Attain The Bliss
Of Nibbana
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin
For the Video on ‘Impermanence – Some Reflections’ (with Audio
Narration and Explanation in Hokkien), please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGMLZAHUzTw