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anicca

(ˈænikə)
n
(Buddhism) (in Theravada Buddhism) the belief that all things, including the self, are impermanent and constantly changing: the first of the three basic characteristics of existence. Compare anata, dukkha
[Pali, literally: impermanence]
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It emphasizes about Impermanence (Anicca) means nothing in our experience is long lasting and everything that is present now was not available in the past and what is there in the present would not be existing in the future.
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They subscribe to the Buddhist thought of impermanence (anicca), insubstantiality (anatta), illumination and enlightenment.
Anicca (Impermanance), Dukkha (Suffering) and Anatta (Non-self) were the spiritual guide lines our leaders have followed through centuries.
For Koyama, the Buddha's remedy in the Four Noble Truths that addresses dulkha (suffering), anicca (impermanence), and anatta (egolessness), the three marks of existence, implicitly left in place the image of a decaying world.
Given Buddhism's numerous tropes touching on empty reality--sunyata, anatta, anicca, yathabhuta, tathata, nirvana, dependent origination, a finger pointing to the moon, discarding the raft, dismounting the donkey, killing the Buddha, and so on--this resistance is darkly ironic.