Understanding Impermanence

Resources

Course Meditations and Talks:

2013 Meditations and Talks

2019 Meditations and Talks

Study Materials:

• Impermanence, adapted from a talk by Gil Fronsdal, January 1st, 2001
• Experiences and Experiencing , by Joko Beck, from her book, Nothing Special
• The Context of Impermanence, by Andrew Olendzki
• Do We Really Believe in Impermanence?, by Carol Wilson
• Our Real Home – A Talk to an Aging Lay Disciple Approaching Death, by Ajaan Chah
• All about Change, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
• The Three Basic Facts of Existence, Impermanence (Anicca), with a preface by Nyanaponika Thera
• Impermanence, by Thich Nhat Hanh, and the definition of Anicca
• Pages 267-268 in Venerable Analayo’s book Satipatthana, The Direct Path to Realization, where he sums up the Buddha’s teachings in the Satipatthana sutta as, “Keep calmly knowing change.”
• Cunda Sutta: About Cunda (Sariputta’s Passing Away), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
• On Adaptation and Change, by Buddhist Nun Venerable Candasiri
• Pañcavaggi Sutta: Five Brethren (aka: Anatta-lakkhana Sutta: The Discourse on the Not-self Characteristic), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
• The Three Dharma Seals part 1 and part 2, by Thich Nhat Hanh
• A Walk in the Woods, by Phra Khantipalo
• Teaching on Death and the Impermanence of the Body:
  • Maranassati Sutta: Mindfulness of Death (1),  translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
  • Maranassati Sutta: Mindfulness of Death (2),  translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
  • The Way of Mindfulness The Satipatthana Sutta and Its Commentary, by Soma Thera
  • Wild Darkness in Orion Magazine, by Eva Saulitis
  • The Time Comes When it is Easier to Die, by Red Hawk
  • A Walk in the Woods, by Phra Khantipalo
  • The Snowstorm, by Loren Eiseley
  • When Death Comes, by Mary Oliver
  • Life in Hell, A cartoon by Matt Groening
  • Gotami and the Mustard Seed, Commentary by Andrew Olendzki
  • The Joy Hidden in Sorrow, Reflections given by Sister Medhanandi
  • Final Thoughts, A Cartoon

Additional Audio/Video:

• Impermanence, A Dharma Talk given on October 5th, 2009, by Guy Armstrong
• Impermanence and the Five Subjects of Frequent Recollection , by Buddhist Nun Ayya Santacitta