Question

Please help. I am struggling to understand this one and would love to understand what is correct and why. A is incorrect. Thank you

According to Buddhists, what is one of the main psychological benefit of coming to grips with the reality of impermanence?

A. The ability to find meaning and purpose in one's everyday life INCORRECT

B. The ability to correctly frame or conceptualize what is happening around us

C. The ability to avoid experiencing the pain of losing something we love.

D. The ability to put into perspective, and thus to cope with, loses what seems otherwise devastating

Answer 1

Yet, according to Buddhism, accepting impermanence can also be liberating because it opens us up to a world of endless possibilities (SN 36.9). It is beneficial to remember the reality of impermanence during pain, grief, and other trials, understanding that these, too, will change (SN 22.102)