" ... is aflame."
"Subjected to change are all conditioned things;
Impermanence is the nature of ALL things." .
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The world is conditioned/impermanent.
And therefore, it can be changed.
From good it can become bad,
From bad become good.
It all depends on us - each and everyone of us -
To make a difference.
(* Read "How will we know?" - http://maitre-light.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-will-we-know.html )
"Born to a world of suffering,
To suffer.
Whoever thinks this world is ( all ) enjoyment,
What is that, if not blindness?"
"This world is blind :
Here there are few who clearly (truly) see.
As few birds escape from the net,
Only few go to blissful state."
- The Buddha, Dhammapada 174.
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"Where is the world?
The world is situated on suffering."
- The Buddha
"When the world is ever ablaze,
Why the laughter? Why the jubilation?
Shrouded in darkness,
Will you not seek The Light?"
- The Buddha, Dhammapada verse 146
"Come, look at this world,
Resembling an ornamented royal chariot.
Herein fools are sunk,
But for the wise there is no attachment."
- The Buddha, Dhammapada verse 171.
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"In this one very fathom long body with all its thoughts and perceptions,
O Monks! I proclaim to you
The World,
The Origin of the World,
The Cessation of the World,
And, The Path leading to the Cessation of the World."
- The Buddha
"Mind is the forerunner of all good and evil states.
Mind is chief;
Mind-made are they."
- The Buddha
"The world is in a constant state of change, and that changing world is situated
right here in the bodies and minds of us ALL."
- Venerable Ajahn Mun
