Swept Downstream
April 11, 2023
An issue came up in our Zoom meeting yesterday. One of the people was commenting on how he first encountered that questionnaire about things being aniccam, dukkham, anatta. Aniccam usually was translated as “impermanent.” The question is, “If something is impermanent, is it easeful or stressful?” He said he didn’t see any direct connection between things being impermanent and their being stressful, because with some things, when they’re impermanent it’s actually good. When a disease is impermanent and goes away, that’s a good thing. Or if a bad situation of any kind is impermanent, that’s a good thing
