{"id":781,"date":"2009-09-01T11:56:54","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T11:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/09\/september-quotes-summer-is-impermanent-so-is-thich-nhat-hanhs-pneumonia.html"},"modified":"2009-09-01T11:56:54","modified_gmt":"2009-09-01T11:56:54","slug":"september-quotes-summer-is-impermanent-so-is-thich-nhat-hanhs-pneumonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/09\/september-quotes-summer-is-impermanent-so-is-thich-nhat-hanhs-pneumonia.html","title":{"rendered":"September Quotes: Summer is Impermanent, So Is Thich Nhat Hanh’s Pneumonia"},"content":{"rendered":"

This September Quote<\/a> is attributed to the great master Thich Nhat Hanh<\/a> (who has been discharged from the hospital, awesome!)<\/p>\n

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“Nothing remains the same for two consecutive moments. Heraclitus said
\nwe can never bathe twice in the same river. Confucius<\/a>, while looking at
\na stream, said, “It is always flowing, day and night.” The Buddha<\/a>
\nimplored us not just to talk about impermanence<\/a>, but to use it as an
\ninstrument to help us penetrate deeply into reality and obtain
\nliberating insight. We may be tempted to say that because things are
\nimpermanent, there is suffering. But the Buddha encouraged us to look
\nagain. Without impermanence, life is not possible. How can we transform
\nour suffering if things are not impermanent? How can our daughter grow
\nup into a beautiful young lady? How can the situation in the world
\nimprove? We need impermanence for social justice and for hope.\n<\/p>\n

\nIf you suffer, it is not because things are impermanent. It is because
\nyou believe things are permanent. When a flower dies, you don’t suffer
\nmuch, because you understand that flowers are impermanent. But you cannot
\naccept the impermanence of your beloved one, and you suffer deeply when
\nshe passes away.\n<\/p>\n

\nIf you look deeply into impermanence, you will do your best to make her
\nhappy right now. Aware of impermanence, you become positive, loving and
\nwise. Impermanence is good news. Without impermanence, nothing would
\nbe possible. With impermanence, every door is open for change.
\nImpermanence is an instrument for our liberation.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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