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The Good News and the Bad News

Original Mind Zen by originalmindzen

Jun 13, 201700:11:55Religion & Spirituality

The good news is that everything is impermanent, changing; every moment is brand new. This means that we are ultimately free. However, if we expect certainty and fixedness from life, then impermanence is also bad news. B...

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The Good News and the Bad News is an episode from Original Mind Zen by originalmindzen. The good news is that everything is impermanent, changing; every moment is brand new. This means that we are ultimately free. However, if we expect cert...

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The good news is that everything is impermanent, changing; every moment is brand new. This means that we are ultimately free. However, if we expect certainty and fixedness from life, then impermanence is also bad news. Buddhism teaches us how to stop clinging and accept things just as they are--free from both bad and good.

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Published Jun 13, 2017 and 00:11:55 long