Contemplating the "law of impermanence" of Buddha Shakyamuni.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

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When talking about the world and people, Buddha Shakyamuni said that this world was created by the conditions of harmony, whichever conditions must be born to be destroyed, impermanent, disintegrated and destroyed. casualties. The impermanence law of the Buddha is divided into four stages: "city, head, ruin, no".

Buddha - humanity's first great philosopher? 

The ancient Greek philosopher Heralitus (about 535 BC - 475 BC) is considered to be the ancestor of dialectics, with the famous saying: "Nobody bathes twice in the same river" expresses the world view of things phenomena movement, incessant change. Few people know that, actually, more than a century ago, in 624 BC Buddha Shakyamuni in the way of looking at the worldview, the human view realized and declared a law of impermanence.

In many of the oldest ancient suttas still found to this day, one sees the Buddha attaches great importance to impermanence, the recognition of impermanence so that humans can control suffering and attain happiness. true eternal bliss by transmitting our own awareness.

Impermanent truth is not limited by religious and geographical views. Because that is the law of the universe. When we recognize impermanence then we are no longer bound by suffering and sorrow.

When talking about the world and people, according to the Buddha: This world is aided by the cause and conditions of harmony, the dharma that is conditioned by conditions, that dharma must be born and die, impermanence, destruction and destruction. In the article Niu Phan Du (business number 61 quoted in Trung A Ham) has the following: "In the late afternoon, the Bhikkhu-stilts from his seat stood up quietly, went to the Buddha, bowed and bowed. sat aside and said, "White World Religion, today in a leisurely place, I sit thinking, thinking like this: 'There is no permanent, immutable, utterly deviant, totally permanent reasonable? Is there feeling, perception, action, consciousness, any permanent, unchanging, only lost, permanent existence?

Buddha told Bhikkhu-stilts: "There is no one permanent residence, invariant, completely only lost, permanent existence; no feeling, thought, action, consciousness, any permanent, immutable, utterly only lost and permanent ". Thus the Buddha asserted that there is no form, feeling, thought, action, consciousness which is permanent, immutable, utterly deviant, forever existing.

From the Buddha's point of view to Heralitus' awareness, the impermanent truth is not limited by religious and geographical views. Because that is the law of the universe. When we recognize impermanence then we are no longer bound by suffering and sorrow.

In the Central Sutta the Buddha taught: "I am the owner of karma, the heir of karma, the karma is the womb, the karma is the kin, the karma is the fulcrum".

"The law of impermanence" of Buddha

The law of impermanence is divided into four stages by the Buddha: "city, head, destruction, nothing" or "birth, head, singularity and death". These transformations are short or long depending on their nature. For example, there are animals that live for a few days, some animals that live for decades, some ancient trees that live for hundreds or thousands of years, a planet that exists for millions of years ...

The Buddha taught that man is a collection of the five aggregates: materiality, feeling, perception, action, and consciousness. Call it body and mind; viewed from a philosophical point of view as physical and mental, from a biological perspective as physiological and psychological. Each of us cannot avoid the law of impermanence, the law of birth - head - singularity - kill between infinite and infinite universe. Normally, the cycle of rule of a person's life lasts for several decades.

But the reality is much harsher, under the view of the wise, the false, the wise, the great, the great Arahant cease. He saw the four periods of "birth, head, singularity and passing away" sometimes taking place without blink of an eye, ie less than a moment (very short moment).

Buddhism teaches us that the path to liberation has many methods, depending on the karmic conditions of each person. That path is practice, cultivating virtue. In the Central Sutta the Buddha taught: "I am the owner of karma, the heir of karma, the karma is the womb, the karma is the kin, the karma is the fulcrum".

See clearly the limited briefness of life according to the Buddha's teachings so that we can live more meaningful.

He also taught, the body is difficult to hear, the Buddha's teachings are hard to hear, make diligent practice, escape suffering, samsara, benefit sentient beings. Today, our body has been, Buddha Dharma has heard, only depends on where we are to practice, live an honest life, benefit us or not!

In humans, the Buddhist concept that impermanence will govern according to karma. Therefore, let us accept and use these impermanent concepts to reflect and to practice, making our lives less painful and troublesome, creating good causes for successive lives after.

For peace in the midst of impermanent life

Some people say life is deep depression. Someone said life is a happy paradise. So ultimately happy life or suffering? The answer is sometimes happiness or suffering is due to each person's feelings.

For example, neighbors felt sorry for a woman divorced by her husband because of giving birth to a disabled child. But the woman herself found herself fortunate to have ended the man of nothingness. She also felt content with the current happiness: her child, though not agile, made up for her healthy, innocent and thankful for the fate that gave her this child “there is no unhappy woman for having give birth to babies "- as the mother shared.

A beautiful lifestyle is a positive one, knowing enough to live peacefully in the midst of impermanent life.

Life is constantly moving like the endless rotation of the swastika according to the Buddhist concept. No joy will last forever, no suffering will last a lifetime if people do not embrace suffering and anger in their hearts. See clearly the limited transience of life according to the Buddha's teachings so that we can live more meaningfully. Said as the character Paven Coocsaghin in the novel "Steel was me": "Each person has only once been young, live so that he is not ashamed of his years of wasteful living".

A beautiful lifestyle is a positive one, knowing enough to live peacefully in the midst of impermanent life. Like a lotus rising beyond the mud to give its fragrance. As the symbol of the wheel according to the Buddhist concept, although life in the four directions of the eight directions is troubled, the wheel still spins, patiently moving, moving forward. That is the nostalgic version of the Buddhas of the three directions, teaching people to see and live correctly, to search for and enjoy happiness in every moment.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.20/7/2020.