Change and Letting Go: 10 days on impermanence
Ten days with the texts on aging, loss and change, and the steadiness they point to.
“Arising is evident, vanishing is evident, and change while persisting is evident”: a short discourse (AN 3.47) gives these as the three characteristics of anything conditioned. This path reads the texts on aging, sickness, loss and change slowly, with sits for setting something down one breath at a time.
Grief is met gently here. This is practice, not a substitute for support from people who can be with you.
Scope. Day 1 is a complete free preview. Days 2–10 are part of Daily Dharma Plus. Grief is met gently here; it is not a substitute for support.
All 10 days
- Day 1Arising, vanishing, and changeAN 3.47
- Day 2Mountains closing inSN 3.25
- Day 3Five things no one can haveAN 5.48
- Day 4Your own islandSN 47.13
- Day 5A hundred loved onesUd 8.8
- Day 6Plucking out the dartSnp 3.8
- Day 7Seen with wisdomDhp 277
- Day 8Even this body gets oldDhp 151–152
- Day 9Eight conditions, one reflectionAN 8.6
- Day 10What regular reviewing doesAN 5.57
Day 1 is published here in full. Days 2–10 are in the iPhone app with Daily Dharma Plus; each title above links to the source text it is built on, which is free to read.