Impermanence

Word IMPERMANENCE
Character 12
Hyphenation im per ma nence
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Impermanence"

What do we mean by impermanence?

Lack of permanence or continued duration.

The quality or state of being impermanent.

Anicca, the doctrine which asserts that all of conditioned existence is transient.

Not permanent, passing, fleeting, not long lasting. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Impermanence

The word "impermanence" in example sentences

But even for those who aren't particularly attached to plastic discs (or liner notes, or cover art, or lyric sheets), the impermanence is still problematic. ❋ Unknown (2002)

This is pain, he says in the First Noble Truth, where “this” refers to the entire phenomenal field of perception, to all worldly experience, which is characterized by impermanence and some form of suffering or duhkha duh, “bad”; kah, “hole.” ❋ CHARLES JOHNSON (2003)

It transports the viewer into that perspective of Buddhist permanent impermanence, which is perhaps a kind of definition for photography itself. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is time to apply the idea of impermanence instead of clinging to the notion of authenticity in a world best described by contamination and flux. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Our distorted view of reality is countered by thinking about aspects of wisdom, such as impermanence, the nature of suffering, selflessness, and the peace that is liberation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the case of realizations that are simply deep understandings or insights into various points, such as impermanence, the shortcomings of samsara, and so on, there is no innate progressive order. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But Tibetans are psychologically prepared for the Dalai Lama's death, and for reasons beyond the fact that "impermanence" is an article of their faith. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They consist of forms of physical phenomena, ways of being aware of things, and certain functional abstractions (such as impermanence) imputable on them. ❋ Unknown (2002)

You need to have this convinced awareness and firm conviction when meditating single - mindedly on any topic, such as impermanence, the equality of self and others, regarding others as more precious than oneself, bodhichitta, voidness, and so on. ❋ Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche II (2001)

Without some method, it is very difficult to train ourselves to keep in mind simultaneously twenty-four insights and qualities such as impermanence, compassion, patience and so forth. ❋ Unknown (1997)

"He refutes the arising and perishing of things, the three samskrtalaksanas, persisting and non-persisting time, and even uses the idea of impermanence in one of more verses, but he does not go after momentariness per se ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

The chorus is then punctuated by the calling of his wife's name, Yasodhara, and Prince Siddhartha's first-person musings that already bear the imprint of what would become part of Buddhist thought: an emphasis on impermanence, the dangers of the various forms of attachment, and renunciation. ❋ Ravenna Michalsen (2011)

Fish-Demon: Wow, that was insane. I had to focus really hard while walking down that [hill]. Fish: Don't worry, the [effects] are [impermanent]. ❋ Lover Of Satan, A Fish. (2011)

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