Impermanence

If impermanence would not be a philosophical question it would just be about consistency in losing something or someone from time to time. Instead of being the means to justify a worldly loss which in turn compliments a gain in other realms of this universe, impermanence would be a plain reality that could be taught and made understood in schools and colleges. So much justification for the truth that everything perishes, points to our escapism.  If loss could be a subject from the primaries then for sure our society is not going to produce more Buddhas but it may just stop a lot of us to go on hoarding the tangible and intangible in our lives. Reading Kabir’s poetry on impermanence is about translating it and answering the question in a Hindi examination. If we could tackle it in a direct manner without the burden of grades, it may help more, since so much effort is already invested in beating around the bush. After all there must be a reason that in the trains everyone is polite to each other and extra caring just when the journey is about to end, that news of a death relieves all of us a bit in our depths and the last hour in classrooms is always more excited than the first. The chapter on impermanence could just deflate the mystery around it, making every growing student understand that the end will approach everyone and everything equally, so there is no need to rush it by playing the “Blue Whale Challenge”. Instead, the real challenge and the beauty is generosity and boldness in this life before it fades away.