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The Immutability or Unchangeability of God is an attribute that "God is unchanging in his character, will, and covenant promises." [1] The Westminster Shorter Catechism says that "[God] is a spirit, whose being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth are infinite, eternal, and unchangeable." Those things do not change.
Anattā is a composite Pali word consisting of an (not) and attā (self-existent essence). [8] The term refers to the central Buddhist concept that there is no phenomenon that has a permanent, unchanging "self" or essence. [1]
Some Buddhist scholars such as Buddhaghosa, held that the lack of an unchanging self (atman) does not mean that there is a lack of continuity in rebirth, since there is still a causal link between lives. The process of rebirth across different realms of existence was compared to how a flame is transferred from one candle to another.
[14] [15] [16] Atman is the unchanging, eternal, innermost radiant Self that is unaffected by personality, unaffected by ego; Atman is that which is ever-free, never-bound, the realized purpose, meaning, liberation in life.
Depending on the context, the term being is sometimes used with a more limited meaning to refer only to certain aspects of reality. In one sense, being is unchanging and permanent, in contrast to becoming, which implies change. [20] Another contrast is between being, as what truly exists, and phenomena, as what appears to exist. [21]
The Buddha argued that no permanent, unchanging "Self" can be found. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] In Buddha's view, states Wayman, " eso me atta , or this is my Self, is to be in the grip of wrong view". [ 17 ] All conditioned phenomena are subject to change, and therefore can't be taken to be an unchanging "Self". [ 16 ]
The Forms are perfect and unchanging representations of objects and qualities. For example, the Form of beauty or the Form of a triangle. For the form of a triangle say there is a triangle drawn on a blackboard. A triangle is a polygon with 3 sides. The triangle as it is on the blackboard is far from perfect.
According to Dölpopa, all beings are said to have the Buddha nature, the non-dual wisdom which is real, unchanging, permanent, non-conditioned, eternal, blissful and compassionate. This ultimate buddha wisdom is "uncreated and indestructible, unconditioned and beyond the chain of dependent origination " and is the basis for both samsara and ...