Many Western critics see the Hindu-Buddhist idea of the impermanence and transitory nature of the world as a gloomy, pessimistic and almost nihilistic doctrine. For example, Schopenhauer argued that if the present moment is transitory, then it is also not worth any effort, “that which in a moment ceases to exist, which vanishes as completely as a dream, cannot be worth any serious effort”.
Life is impermanence
Life is impermanence
Life is impermanence
Many Western critics see the Hindu-Buddhist idea of the impermanence and transitory nature of the world as a gloomy, pessimistic and almost nihilistic doctrine. For example, Schopenhauer argued that if the present moment is transitory, then it is also not worth any effort, “that which in a moment ceases to exist, which vanishes as completely as a dream, cannot be worth any serious effort”.