When "desire" is GOOD in Buddhism

The Buddha's [distinction] about "desire" that Western Buddhism gets wrong

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(The Midnight Library) July 10, 2026: [Theravada] Buddhism is often described as a tradition that teaches us to eliminate "desire." This is one of the most persistent misreadings in the history of the Western encounter with Eastern philosophy.

The ancient Pali canon makes a precise distinction between two words that, in English, may both be rendered as "desire," but they are almost opposites.

Tanha is compulsive "craving" driven by a sense of lack — whereas chanda is "aspiration" driven by genuine vision.

The Buddha actively encouraged chanda ("desire," "aspiration," "will," "intention") while working to release tanha ("desire," "craving," lit. "thirst").

Simplistic and wrong: Buddhism explained in 1 minute! - Misunderstanding the term "desire"

Professor of Neuroscience Dr. Wolfram Schultz, MD, at Cambridge University, England, documented that the dopamine reward system produces more activation in anticipation (wanting) than in satisfaction (getting) — confirming the structural mechanism of tanha (craving) 2,600 years after the Buddha described it.

• Dr. Robert Sapolsky: Behave

The Craving Mind (Dr. Judson Brewer)

Neuroscientist and psychiatrist Dr. Judson Brewer, MD, who studies the default mode network at Brown University confirmed in The Craving Mind (2017) that mindful [dispassionate detached attention to what is happening in the present moment without moving towards the pleasant, away from the unpleasant, or being confused/bored by the neutral] observation of craving interrupts the compulsive cycle measurably.

• Tara Brach: Meditation teacher, psychologist, author

Radical Acceptance (Dr. Tara Brach, PhD)

Three Buddhist practices drawn directly from the Pali canon: The R.A.I.N. practice, the aspiration question, and the satiation experiment.

• Recognize, name what is present
• Allow, do not react (chase, act on, suppress, check out, do not crave, resist, or go dull in boredom/confusion), let it be present (radical acceptance)
• Investigate, what does it feel like, where is it located in the body, what is its texture?
• Nurture, bring kindness to the experience, not to the craving itself but to the part of you experiencing it
• "This practice interrupts the automatic cycle of trigger to craving to behavior and creates a gap in which choice becomes possible."
• "Prof. Brewer's research has confirmed that this gap created through mindful [dispassionate, equanimous, attentive, vigilant, wakeful, unbiased] observation of craving measurably reduces the compulsive quality of tanha [craving, addiction, obsession, compulsion] over time."

"The Craving Mind"

(Clear Mountain Monastery Project) The Craving Mind and the Default

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  BIO: Dr. Judson Brewer, MD, PhD (aka "Dr. Jud"), is a New York Times best-selling author and pioneering psychiatrist blending cutting-edge neuroscience with 20+ years of Buddhist mindfulness training. A leader in the science of habit change, he is director of research at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center and has held positions at MIT, Yale U., and UMass. Dr. Jud developed app-based programs like Mindshift Recovery, Unwinding Anxiety, Eat Right Now, and Craving to Quit, clinically proven to treat anxiety, addiction, and emotional eating. He’s the author of The Craving Mind, Unwinding Anxiety, and The Hunger Habit, and co-founder of the nonprofit Mindshift Recovery. He is also a collaborator with Clear Mountaineers and medical researchers Dori Rosenberg and Dave Arterburn. More

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HELP WANTED: WQ assistant trainee

We need more than social media fame, Ji-Ji.

Help wanted. Recently, we were asked to come speak at a Buddhist temple in North Hollywood for Vesak (Buddhist Xmas) and did so. We were not told other speakers were speaking -- monks and philosophers.

Our Dharma editor so wowed the crowd and abbot with a powerful talk on the Three (most important) Things to understand in Buddhism that we were asked to return again a week later for the Friday night meditation group.

• A week in the life, THIS WEEK:

1. Vesak at Dhammakaya Garden Monastery, Sunday night
2. Prepping for DisclosureFest.org, Monday night
3. Visiting Hsi Lai Temple for lunch, Tuesday afternoon
4. Visit with abbot, Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara, Wednesday afternoon
5. Zen Meditation sitting, Thursday night, Friends Meeting House, Pasadena
6. Three Things (Dharma Talk), Friday night, Buddhist meditation center, North Hollywood
7. Prom (dance), Saturday night, Morongo Casino, road to Joshua Tree
8. Vegan potluck party and BBQ, Pasadena, Sunday afternoon

What is Zen practice other than the ordinary?

It became clear that Wisdom Quarterly and the Dharma Buddhist Meditation needs help, a personal assistant eager to learn about Buddhism, meditation, yoga, spirituality, vegetarian/vegan health, Meetup.com, and helping organize for-profit events. We will train.

These qualifications are helpful:

• knowledge of social media
• proficiency in cellphone use
• living in Los Angeles or Orange County
• interest in meditation practice
• exercise of some sort (yoga, breathwork etc.)
• interest or knowledge of the various Buddhisms
• love and appreciation of some kind of music
• enthusiastic about beach, prom, helping with live events
• Appropriate for shy introverts, situational ambiverts, and even funny extroverts

Introduce yourself and indicate your interest at Dharma Buddhist Meditation (Dharma Buddhist Meditation) by sending a Meetup message to Ananda (using the Meetup Messaging System) or privately in the Comments Section below

Gain confidence in minutes, Awaken POV

(Chase Hughes) Confidence fixed in exactly 5:43 minutes

• Chase Hughes sees us Naked: How to get NUDE with us
• Book: The Behavior Ops Manual (Chase Hughes)
• Chase Hughes books on amazon.com

(Chase Hughes, Friday Night Live) Sacred texts, POV AWAKE!

About the author

Author Chase Hughes, writing

I’m Chase Hughes. I’ve spent most of my life studying people — not the cute, Instagram version of “behavior,” the real stuff:

• the fear under the confidence,
• the lies we tell ourselves to get through the day,
• the patterns we don’t even know we’re running.

I’ve worked with the kind of truths that don’t make the sweater-vest TED Talks, the kind that make you sit alone in your car afterward for a few minutes, staring at your hands.

Tongue: A Cognitive Hazard

I used to think the goal was mastery. Control. Influence.

Now I think it’s something quieter:

• seeing clearly,
• without flinching, and
• maybe helping someone else see clearly too, without getting swallowed by noise.

I write books for people who are starting to unzip the costume -- and some who have stripped it off., people who want to understand others, but also want to understand the thing inside themselves that keeps steering their life when they’re not looking.

If you’re here, you’re probably one of those people. Good. We need more of you.

— Chase Hughes

• Tongue: A Cognitive Hazard
• Emily Wickersham: "I feel very confident" (tenor)
• Chase Hughes; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Astrology of 2024 US total solar eclipse

What can the stars tell us about life on Earth?

Yasmin Boland is an award-winning astrologer and The Sunday Times best-selling Hay House author of the books Astrology Made Easy and Moonology, and the creator of Moonology oracle cards -- possibly the best-selling oracle deck in the world.

She appeared on Coast to Coast AM with Host Lisa Garr (theawareshow.com) to discuss this moonth's Moon-day's April 8th, 2024, solar eclipse and how to use the eclipse in manifestation (Law of Attraction, Law of Vibration, Law of Manifestation).

Boland explains the phenomenon of eclipses, pointing out that there are typically at least four eclipses every year, which occur in pairs and occasionally even in threes in a single season.

According to Boland, eclipses serve as significant moments of change. Moonday's eclipse is particularly notable as it will be visible across parts of Mexico, the United States, and Canada.

There's a 13th sign people ignore: 

Boland emphasized the significance of this eclipse taking place in Aries, the first sign of the zodiac, signaling the start of a new cycle.

Eclipses in Aries mark the beginning of a new 19-year cycle and often prompt individuals to reflect on their goals and intentions for the future, she says.

Boland stresses the importance of releasing negativity before setting intentions during this potent time, likening the process to tuning a radio into a desired station to ensure clear transmission of desires or wishes to the universe.

On this show, Boland also shares her personal journey into astrology, recounting how a chance encounter with astrology books led her to pursue a career in the field.

Meditation is key

I'll get ahead of this eclipse and manifest.

She highlights the transformative power of meditation in shaping her path and describes her decision to embrace astrology despite initial doubts of it being woo-woo nonsense.

Boland reflects on the symbolism of the eclipse's dark phase, emphasizing its significance as a time for release and renewal.

She encourages listeners to let go of past burdens and set intentions for the future regardless of their reasonable disbelief in astrology [which many say is woo-woo nonsense], as it can lead to positive transformations in their lives. More + AUDIO (April 6, 2024)

• Yasmin Boland, Lisa Garr (coasttocoastam.com, 4/6/24); Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Pfc. Sandoval, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

I'm Afraid w/ Danny Elfman (Three Poisons)

Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma Bu Meditation), Wisdom Quarterly; Danny Elfman (lyrics)

At the hub of the Wheel of Rebirth are greed, hatred, and delusion on which its turning hinges.

According to the Buddha, there are Three Poisons, mental defilements that degrade the mind/heart, and serve as the root-motivations for all unskillful karma (unwholesome actions).

What are they? Roughly speaking -- because these are ancient Pali/Sanskrit terms only approximately translatable into English -- they are:

1. Greed (attraction, passion, craving, desire, liking, or lobha)
2. Hatred (aversion, fear, revulsion, disliking, or dosa), and
3. Delusion (wrong view, distortion, perversion, ignorance, or moha).

The common English translation of "greed, hatred, and delusion" of technical Buddhist terms is misleading because it makes it seem as if only the extremes of these motives are unskillful karma.

In fact, at any intensity they lead to disappointment (dukkha, a term that extends from agitation to agony) as soon as they arise. For each term, the meaning spans the entire range of the word

1. from liking, bias, preference, and passion to greed,
2. from disliking, annoyance, fearing, and revulsion to hatred,
3. from not knowing, wrong view, misunderstanding, and distortion to delusion.

The motives (causes and conditions) for all skillful deeds, wholesome or meritorious karma, are the opposites:

• Nongreed (letting go, sharing, giving, generosity, detaching, non-clinging, or alobha).
• Nonhatred (friendliness, loving-kindness, compassion, joy in others' joy, or adosa).
• Nondelusion (wisdom, knowing-and-seeing, right view, undistorted understanding, or amoha).

They make more sense in positive terms, but each word is a category encompassing the entire range of degrees.

Reflect and examine it. When we do something unskillful, unwholesome, or wrong, what is at the root of it? We are making demeritorious karma (that will bear fruit and ripen in unpleasant, unwelcome, unwished for, disappointing, and painful results).

Entering one of the subterranean hells below Los Angeles: 6th Dimension*

They are called "bad" not because a God doesn't like them but because we will not like their karmic results (vipaka and phala) when they finally ripen, which might not be for a long time. (Some deeds are avyākata, indeterminate or neutral).

• DETAILS AND REFERENCES: The Roots of Good and Evil: Buddhist Texts translated from the Pali language with comments and introduction by Western Buddhist monk Ven. Nyanaponika (Wheel #251/252/253, BPS.lk)
• Is fear hate? Both are manifestations of aversion (dosa), so fear may be distinguished from hate, but it's only a matter of our reaction to stimuli. In fear, we want to run away, whereas in hate we want to send the repulsive object away).

Ven. Nyanatiloka (L) and Ven. Nyanaponika

What motivates an action and produces karma? One or a combination of these seven motivating our action. The kind of karma produced is based on the motive or intention (cetana) behind the deed.

Karma is like a seed that comes to fruition later. The famous Judeo-Christian expression of this karmic principle is that "We shall reap what we sow." In other words, we will later harvest what we previously planted.

The Three Poisons of the mind/heart are easy to recognize in ourselves if we reflect, except for hate. Of course we like things. This is a carnal world within the Sensual Sphere (Kama-Loka). Pleasure-seeking is the main defilement that got us here and that gets us into trouble while we're here by motivating more greedy, selfish, lustful acts. However, all craving is rooted in ignorance.

Ignorance is the fundamental root of all problems and all suffering. Ignorance gives rise to desire, to craving and clinging to things we imagine are persisting, pleasurable, and real.

The Buddha's teaching on the Three Marks of Existence tells us that they are not any of these three things. All conditioned phenomena (all "things" composed of other things that depend for their existence on constituent elements or factors) are:

1. hurtling toward destruction,
2. disappointing and incapable of fulfilling us,
3. impersonal/empty/without essence.

They are not compacts but compounds, not unconditioned (like nirvana, the sole "unconditioned element"*) but conditioned (like everything else, every element, every fabrication, every formation).

• *Asankhata: the "unformed, unoriginated, unconditioned" is a name for nirvana, the "further shore," that is beyond the beyond of all becoming (rebirth) and all conditions. See Bhikkhu Bodhi's As It Is for a textual definition of nirvana (called nibbana in Pali), which too often gets confused with "nothingness" or "annihilation" or "eternal life," when it is none of these things.

In the West we are not raised to recognize or admit our hatred. We are reluctant to show anger, instead suppressing and repressing it. This root (dosa) more often finds expression in the socially acceptable form of FEAR. It's still aversion. It's still unskillful karma that leads to unwise actions that yield painful results.

*Danny Elfman's best music was from his first movie, Forbidden Zone

Danny Elfman sings about fear

Elfman still makes music, performs

The genius ginger Danny Elfman, along with brother Dick and The Mystic Knight of the Oingo Boingo (Gong Show winners), recognized how out of control this unwholesome root could get -- odd neuroses, panic attacks, specific phobias, and general anxiety. Peace of mind will always be hard to find when it is defiled.

LYRICS: "I'm Afraid"

@volatilevulture8102 corrected by Wisdom Quarterly

Afraid of the dark/ Afraid of the light/ Don't walk in the park/ Afraid of the night/ Afraid to get stabbed/ Or hit by a car/ Afraid of the streets/ Afraid to go far/ Afraid of the sky/ Don't like to be high/ I don't want to fall/ Afraid I might die/ Afraid of my friends/ Don't like to be seen/ Afraid to be nice/ Afraid to be mean/ Afraid that the wind/ Will knock over trees/ Afraid of my dog, oh/ Afraid of his fleas!

CHORUS: Peace of mind/ Peace of mind/ Peace of mind/ Peace of mind/ Hard to keep/ Hard to keep/ Hard to find/ Hard to find/ Look ahead/ Look ahead/ Look behind/ Look behind/ Looking for/ Looking for/ Peace of mind/ Peace of mind/ Can't relax/ Can't relax/ Can't unwind/ Can't unwind/ Deep inside/ Deep inside/ Secret mind/ Secret mind/ Oh, no!

Afraid to be caught/ Afraid to be free/ Afraid to make love/ Afraid of VD/ Afraid that the rain/ Will make me get wet/ Afraid to take drugs/ That make me forget/ Afraid that the air/ Will make me get sick/ Afraid that the girls/ Will cut off my/ OH!

Someone tell me how it happened/ Why my head is so confused/ Can it be my circuits finally blew a fuse?/ Blew a fuse/ Can a human being really change into a humanoid?/ Or is it my imagination/ Paranoid!/ Paranoid/ All I need is peace and quiet/ Maybe just a little time/ Turn the channel, turn the channel!/ Peace of mind/

Peace of mind/ Peace of mind/ Peace of mind/ Peace of mind/ Hard to keep/ Hard to keep/ Hard to find/ Hard to find/ Look ahead/ Look ahead/ Look behind/ Look behind/ Looking for/ Looking for/ Peace of mind/ Peace of mind/ All creation/ All creation/ All mankind/ All mankind/ Looking for/ Looking for/ Peace of mind/ Peace of mind

Afraid of success/ Afraid to grow old/ Afraid that my brain/ Is covered with mold/ Afraid that I might/ Be put on a shelf/ But last but not least, oh!/ Afraid of myself!

A Chocolate Meditation before Valentine's

Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Dhr. Seven, Jen B., Crystal Q., Wisdom Quarterly

WHAT HAPPENED?

What's an urban shaman to say to Americans?

We all gathered in the Valley (1/27/24) in a spacious home with wood floors. Cacao was brewing on the stove as vegan dishes were brought in and spread all across a large table. Lisa opened the event with a circle of introductions by each person, city traveled from, and the nature of the dish brought for the potluck. Then we ate, socialized, got cozy and, finishing up, prepared for a meditative experience. This was no lecture but a sensual, in-the-body experience of profound relaxation, staying with the present moment, and trying not to anticipate the wonderful chocolate (xocolatl, Theobroma cacao) about to be served. Using deep breathing and complete letting go, staying awake and alert of all that was going on right here right now, we opened up, became vulnerable, felt our feelings, experienced our sensations with what the Buddha taught was mindfulness: dispassionate awareness of all that was going on. It is not enough to be aware. It is awareness, watching the experience. Seeing sights, hearing sounds, feeling tactile sensations, perceiving scents and tastes and mind object and letting them be. Radical acceptance of what is without fixing it, altering it, distorting it, or resisting it. In that moment, everything was okay. Everything was acceptable. Everything was impersonal and passing away, repeating or not as alluring as it previously seemed to be. Smiles sprouted on faces all around.

This is the plant helper Theobroma cacao

Everyone sat in a circle, on soft sofas, chairs, the wooden floor, with Stephanie on a yoga mat as the demonstration, Seven led us through letting go and consciousness-expansion. Then came the creamy vegan chocolate and an intention setting exercise, as we placed our intentions into the drink by some shamanic alchemical Dr. Emoto alteration of water by consciousness, as Indian genius Jagadish Chandra Bose (who discovered The Secret Life of Plants) taught was happening all the time as we interact with our environment.

• Indian botanist and genius J.C. Bose on the Secret Life of Plants [and inanimate objects] (SRF)

Then we mindfully drank, experiencing the cacao with all six of our senses. Then solid pieces of chocolate were distributed, rich in the alkaloid theobromine, and savored in a way that brought out all its richness -- aware of craving, desire, or grasping arising for flavor and comfort -- so as to make it both delicious, opening to our lives (because this is not a rehearsal for some future time when we'll be alive) and a lesson that mindfulness is possible every waking moment. Meditation is one thing, sitting in a stillness approaching samadhi, and mindfulness is possible once an attitude adjustment makes us aware what we are doing, what we have been doing, and what is possible to do. Rather than abandoning ourselves and the present moment, we can be fully in the moment like a peak experience. We can enjoy all that human life has to offer and not mindlessly cling to it, making ourselves susceptible to misery when it alters, as it certainly will. We can see things as incapable of fulfilling and satisfying us and behave accordingly. We may even glimpse how impersonal it all is. Then we met ourselves with a partner, standing face to face, practicing being present for our experience and being present for another person. Everyone met, embraced, shook hands, introduced themselves to one another. There was a memorial for great vegan Buddhist Alan, who recently passed away, as his caretaker Christina was present. Then more socializing and storytelling took place, having gone up a few levels, as everyone was suddenly on very intimate terms and open with everyone else. It was a meditative, mindful, and gastronomical success.

Event details

It's a New Year [approaching Chinese lunisolar New Year after the full Wolf Moon] and we want to become

• enlightened,
• mindful,
• blissful,
• happy,
• healthy,
• abundant,
• energetic,
• coupled
• or contented (Valentine's Day)

Theobroma cacao is the "Food of the Gods"

and enjoy ALL of the potential benefits of meditation. But HOW?!

We start this year with a Cacao Ceremony (xocolatl, FREE CHOCOLATE) and Intention Setting.

It includes Ecstatic Breathwork, Bodywork (to melt into the mat), and understanding what "Mindfulness" really means.

Could we be mindful of eating delicious things?

Is greed good? How about craving for chocolate (Theobroma cacao, the "Food of the Gods")? We'll find out.

Led by Native American Buddhist Shaman Seven at Ellen's with Lisa Levinson's Vegan Spirituality Group with healthy snacks and drinks. RSVP FREE:

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  Chocolate Meditation (MSCM)

  Disclosure Project: Learn to Meditate-Chocolate Ceremony, Intention Setting, Valentine's, Breathwork, Sat, Jan 27, 2024, 6:00 PM
• Nature Center: Learn to Meditate-Chocolate Ceremony, Intention Setting, Valentine's, Breathwork, Sat, Jan 27, 2024, 6:00 PM
• PasaDharma: Learn to Meditate-Chocolate Ceremony, Intention Setting, Valentine's, Breathwork, Sat, Jan 27, 2024, 6:00 PM
  

Sutra series (SN 25:1-10) abbreviated

Ven. Thanissaro (orig. mistranslation from the Pali canon, SN 25:1-10, dhammatalks.org); Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The Eye: Cakkhu Sutta

The eye that see, the third eye that knows?

(SN 25:1) Thus have I heard. When the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī, he said: “Meditators, the eye is inconstant, changeable, impermanent. The ear… The nose… The tongue… The body… The mind is inconstant, changeable, impermanent.

“One who has confidence and conviction that these phenomena are this way is called a faith-follower: one who has entered the right path, entered the plane of the noble ones, transcended the plane of the ordinary uninstructed worldlings.

“Such a person is now incapable of doing any deed (karma) by which one might be reborn in hell, in an animal womb, or in the realm of hungry ghosts. One is incapable of passing away until one has realized the fruit of stream-entry (the first stage of enlightenment).

“One who, after contemplating with even a small amount of wisdom (discernment), has accepted that these phenomena are this way is called a Dharma-follower: one who has entered the right path, entered the plane of the noble ones, transcended the plane of ordinary uninstructed worldlings. One is incapable of doing any deed by which one might be reborn in hell, in an animal womb, or in the realm of hungry ghosts. One is incapable of passing away until one has realized the fruit of stream-entry.

“One who knows-and-sees that these phenomena are this way is called a stream-enterer, steadfast, never again destined for [subhuman] states of woe, headed for full awakening.”

• See also: MN 70, SN 55:25

Forms: Rūpa Sutta

(SN 25:2) Near Sāvatthī. “Meditators, forms are inconstant, changeable, impermanent. Sounds.… Fragrances.… Flavors.… Tactile sensations.… Ideas [mind objects] are inconstant, changeable, impermanent.… 

Consciousness: Viññāṇa Sutta

(SN 25:3) Near Sāvatthī. “Meditators, eye-consciousness is inconstant, changeable, impermanent. Ear-consciousness.… Nose-consciousness.… Tongue-consciousness.… Body-consciousness.… Mind-consciousness is inconstant, changeable, impermanent.…

Contact: Phassa Sutta

(SN 25:4) Near Sāvatthī. “Meditators, eye-contact is inconstant, changeable, impermanent. Ear-contact.… Nose-contact.… Tongue-contact.… Body-contact.… Mind-contact is inconstant, changeable, impermanent… 

Feeling: Vedanā Sutta

(SN 25:5) Near Sāvatthī. “Meditators, feeling born of eye-contact is inconstant, changeable, impermanent. Feeling born of ear-contact.… Feeling born of nose-contact.… Feeling born of tongue-contact.… Feeling born of body-contact.… Feeling born of mind-contact is inconstant, changeable, impermanent…

Perception: Saññā Sutta

(SN 25:6) Near Sāvatthī. “Meditators, perception of forms is inconstant, changeable, impermanent. Perception of sounds.… Perception of fragrances.… Perception of tastes.… Perception of tactile sensations.… Perception of ideas [mind objects] is inconstant, changeable, impermanent.…

Intention: Cetanā Sutta

(SN 25:7) Near Sāvatthī. “Meditators, intention [motivation] for forms is inconstant, changeable, impermanent. Intention for sounds.… Intention for fragrances.… Intention for tastes.… Intention for tactile sensations.… Intention for ideas [mind objects] is inconstant, changeable, impermanent.…

Craving: Taṇhā Sutta

(SN 25:8) Near Sāvatthī. “Meditators, craving for forms is inconstant, changeable, impermanent. Craving for sounds.… Craving for fragrances.… Craving for tastes.… Craving for tactile sensations.… Craving for ideas [mind objects] is inconstant, changeable, impermanent.…

Elements: Dhātu Sutta

(SN 25:9) Near Sāvatthī. “Meditators, the earth element [quality, characteristic of materiality] is inconstant, changeable, impermanent. The water element.… The fire element.… The wind element.… The space [delineating solid objects] element.… The consciousness element is inconstant, changeable, impermanent.…

Aggregates: Khandha Sutta

(SN 25.10) Near Sāvatthī. “Meditators, form is inconstant, changeable, impermanent. Feeling.… Perception.… Mental formations (fabrications).… Consciousness is inconstant, changeable, impermanent. More