Accepting the truth of impermanence ... - Dhamma by Ajahn Jayasāro
Accepting the truth of impermanence and directly experiencing the truth of impermanence are two different things. Accepting the truth of impermanence does not make people more moral or peaceful or wise. Experiencing the truth of impermanence does.
So many of our mistaken assumptions about ourselves are based upon a lack of insight into impermanence. With the arising of insight, old certainties and attachments fall away. Impermanence is concealed by continuity. Impermanence is revealed through the observation of the arising and passing away of phenomena
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