Thursday, February 12, 2009

A Little Sense of Impermanence

The central-part trip is for me the journey of beauty, joy and discovery. I had been visiting different beautiful places by its nature and sensing different airs and cultures. That’s something I would love to hold back.

While crossing the fantastic nature of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, by its wonderful millions-aged stalactites, at the moment I just sensed that the beauty was just right there and gone as the way the time works.

I have found these lovely words from the Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh that I would like to share with every one here:

"If you suffer, it is not because things are impermanent. It is because you believe things are permanent. When a flower dies, you don't suffer much, because you understand that flowers are impermanent. But you cannot accept the impermanence of your beloved one, and you suffer deeply when she passes away.

If you look deeply into impermanence, you will do your best to make her happy right now. Aware of impermanence, you become positive, loving and wise. Impermanence is good news. Without impermanence, nothing would be possible. With impermanence, every door is open for change. Impermanence is an instrument for our liberation" - Thích Nhất Hạnh

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