Thich Nhat Hanh on Buddhist Essentials: What is Impermanence

Thich Nhat Hanh responds to the question "What is impermanence". Part of the free Plum Village app plumvillage.app/
Video originally published in the 2003 DVD release of the film "La Vie de Bouddha" directed by Martin Meissonnier. Republished with kind permission.
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Now, when drinking my tea, I will look at it in a completely different way! 💕 thank you Master Thich 🙏

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Beautiful!

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Thank you

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Anicca vata sankhara 🙏

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Impermanence (Anithya) is not about change in the physical body or physical things. Impermanence is about the changes in the perception. Buddha taught impermanence as “perception is conditioned by cause and effect”. For example, perception of eye is conditioned by so many factors, one factor is sharpness of eye sight. We see everything relative to the limitation of eye sight(perception). If our eyes are sharp as a microscope we will see world completely different. Therefor, nothing we see is true, all the images we see conditioned by so many factors. They are just a mirage. This the meaning of impermanence. We believe what we see is true and get attached to it. That cause suffering. If wisdom arise at any moment to see the reality of perception, attachment won’t arise to it and it will stop creation of all the thoughts, hopes and disappointment cause around what we perceive. That is end of suffering, Nirvana.

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