Motif
Changing phenomena contrasted with changeless Buddha nature
changing_phenomena_contrasted_with_changeless_buddha_nature
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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The Diamond Sutra (Chin-Kang-Ching) or Prajna-Paramita PREFACE / WM. GEMMELL. / INTRODUCTION / THE DIAMOND SUTRA; lines 3297-3402 confidence: high
“Like drifting clouds, like the waning moon, like ships that sail the ocean, like shores that are washed away” symbolize endless change; Buddha's essential nature is “changeless and everlasting.”
The prefatory quotation explicitly identifies clouds, waning moon, ships, and washed-away shores as symbolic of endless change, while calling the Buddha's essential nature changeless and everlasting.
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