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[This episode originally aired on August 2, 2022] In Buddhism some practices are designated as meditation practices, such as working with mindfulness and awareness • other practices, called contemplative practices, are focused on working with the concepts in our mind • one of the most important of these is the contemplation of impermanence, change, and death • we often have difficulty accepting the reality of impermanence; we create various coverings to mask this raw, basic truth • but this contemplation isn’t intended to make everyone morose or obsessed with death • in fact, this kind of contemplation actually frees one from the fear of change, and provides a basis for being able to accommodate change • the following four approaches are often given for helping us to broaden our understanding of impermanence: 1) everything that is born will die; 2) every meeting leads to a parting; 3) every gathering leads to a dispersing; and 4) everything created eventually dissolves, or is destroyed.
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[This episode originally aired on August 2, 2022] In Buddhism some practices are designated as meditation practices, such as working with mindfulness and awareness • other practices, called contemplative practices, are focused on working with the concepts in our mind • one of the most important of these is the contemplation of impermanence, change, and death • we often have difficulty accepting the reality of impermanence; we create various coverings to mask this raw, basic truth • but this contemplation isn’t intended to make everyone morose or obsessed with death • in fact, this kind of contemplation actually frees one from the fear of change, and provides a basis for being able to accommodate change • the following four approaches are often given for helping us to broaden our understanding of impermanence: 1) everything that is born will die; 2) every meeting leads to a parting; 3) every gathering leads to a dispersing; and 4) everything created eventually dissolves, or is destroyed.

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