conditioned existence; vicissitudes of life; perpetual change
Buddhist term for the transient, conditioned nature of all phenomena, often contrasted with 無為 (unconditioned). Also used in literary Japanese for the ups and downs of life.
Buddhism teaches that everything in this world is conditioned and constantly changing.
He lamented the vicissitudes of life.
promising future; bright prospects
young and energetic; youthful and promising
mutability of worldly affairs; fleeting changes of life
From Middle Chinese 有爲 (yǒu wéi), a Buddhist term translating Sanskrit saṃskṛta, meaning 'conditioned' or 'compounded'.