University of Oregon

Buddhism and impermanence

by Cale Bakken through Professor Rev. Dr. James Kenneth Powell II, opensourcebuddhism.org
This project investigates the similarities and differences between the Buddhist and Heraclitean views of impermanence. Heraclitus was that ancient Greek who said one never steps into the same river twice. Buddha saw impermanence as at the heart of human tragedy: we grasp at the impermanent, always wishing for permanence. You decide whose view is more profound