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What is it that Exists & what does Not Exist ?

The blessed Buddha said regarding ontology:
What is it, bhikkhus, that the wise & clever in the world agree
upon as not existing, of which I too say that it does not exist?
Form that is permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change:
This the wise & clever in the world agree upon as not existing,
and I too say, that it does not exist. So also Feeling ... Perception ...
Mental Constructions ... a Consciousness, that is permanent, stable,
eternal, & not subject to change: This the wise & clever in the world
agree upon as not existing, and I too say, that it does not exist...
That, bhikkhus, is what the wise & clever in the world agree upon
as not existing, of which I too say, that it does not exist.
And what is it, bhikkhus, that the wise & clever in the world agree
upon as existing, of which I too say that it exists? Form that is
impermanent, suffering, and subject to change: this the wise &
clever in the world agree upon as existing, and I too say, that it
exists! Transient Feelings ... Perceptions ... Mental Constructions, &
Consciousness, that is momentary, suffering, & subject to change:
this the wise & clever in the world agree upon as existing, & I too
say that it exists! That, bhikkhus is what the wise & clever in this
world agree upon as existing, of which I too say that it exists...


The Dynamics of interdependent re-becoming into being.

No existence is Static - the same over time - unchanging....
All existence is Dynamic - never the same- transient & changing!
All existence is therefore a Becoming Anew - a momentary rebirth...
Again and Again and again and again... Everything breaks up!


Everything breaks up, falls apart, and soon vanishes!
 
More on Buddhist Ontology: What exists & how does it exist?
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_Exists.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/ontology.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Advanced_Right_View.htm


Existence is Transient Flickering already passed, which never returns!

Source: The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya XXII (94); [III 139]
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507 An Ocean of Dhamma Teaching!
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/samyutta/index.html#Khandha On Clusters!

What is it that Exists?
 

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Updated: 25 October 2010 http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_Exists.htm