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impermanent Definition

im·per·ma·nent (im pʉr′mə nənt)

adjective

not permanent; not lasting; fleeting; temporary

impermanent Related Forms
im·per′·ma·nence noun or im·per′·ma·nency im·per′·ma·nently adverb
impermanent Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • dukkha: The aim of the development of insight is knowing dhammas as they truly are, as impermanent, dukkha and anattå .
  • material: Summary - Download here. impermanent materials Date - 29th Nov 2005 Place- Tate Modern, London.
  • nature: These brief passages muse over time, memory, and the impermanent nature of things.
  • structure: Cities and their elements are impermanent structures but in our everyday lives we often forget to see them this way.
  • monk: In him that knows and sees the eye as impermanent, monk, ignorance vanishes and knowledge arises.
  • object: By discriminating thus, one should shake off impermanent objects from the mind.