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LadyButterfly she/her piefed.blahaj.zone LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone
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The heart of Buddhist philosophy. Anicca. All things including mental states are impermanent. It is the attachment to these mental states that cause suffering!

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The heart of Buddhist philosophy. Anicca. All things including mental states are impermanent. It is the attachment to these mental states that cause suffering!

It also pops up in Western literature as "this too shall pass," from a story that Edward FitzGerald picked up from Jewish folklore, in which the phrase is attributed to King Solomon's advisers (but it's actually probably from the Indian subcontinent or Persia).

Danny Schmidt has a song about it that I think is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, and I really wish everyone would listen to it.

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