Concept
Impermanence
That nothing stays, including the good parts and including this part.
11 passages · 7 traditions
Astrology
Buddhist
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Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.48, “Things That Cannot Be Had”"Mendicants, there are five things that cannot be had by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or by anyone in the world. What five? That someone liable to old age should not gro…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Saṁyutta Nikāya 15.3, “Tears”"Mendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning. No first point is found of sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving. What do you thi…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.13, “With Cunda”"Sir, this novice Cunda says that Venerable Sāriputta has become fully quenched. This is his bowl and robe. Since I heard this, my body feels like it's drugged. I'm disorientated, and the te…
Christian
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Ecclesiastes 3:1–8For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to ki…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Luke 12:16–21He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly. He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’…
Hindu
Jewish
Stoic
PhilosophyA philosophical argument
Enchiridion XINever say of anything, "I have lost it," but, "I have restored it." Has your child died? It is restored. Has your wife died? She is restored. Has your estate been taken away? That likewise i…PracticeAn instruction for practice
Enchiridion XXILet death and exile, and all other things which appear terrible, be daily before your eyes, but death chiefly; and you will never entertain an abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything.…