A visual and performing artist shares how engaging with curiosity and sense of humor help her meet challenges with resilient joy.
While planning a “small change” to the home, the author receives an unexpected jolt of insight.
While swimming in the ocean, the author discovers an opportunity to work with fear and the sense of safety. Includes an exercise for working with fear on your own.
An editor discovers what it really means to her to collaborate in service of a common cause, and offers an exercise to try.
The author’s contemplation on impermanence and hardship in the environment of Covid-19 leads to an inspiring appreciation of the beauty in everyday life.
Recalling the experience of shopping in Morocco marketplaces, the author appreciates the mutual respect inherent in the bargaining session, and offers a short exercise for transforming anxiety into kind regard.
Impermanence is one of the foundational Buddhist teachings — the recognition that all phenomena, without exception, are in constant flux. Far from being a cause for despair, understanding impermanence is one of the most liberating insights on the path.
These articles explore how the reality of change touches every aspect of our lives. Our bodies, relationships, emotions, circumstances and how the Buddhist teachings invite us to meet impermanence with openness rather than resistance. Discover how this fundamental truth can deepen our appreciation for life and loosen the grip of clinging.
At Nalandabodhi, teachings on impermanence are offered with both clarity and gentleness, helping practitioners find freedom within the natural flow of change.
