無む常じょうの風かぜ

expression, noun

wind of impermanence

A poetic Buddhist idiom for the force of impermanence that ends human life, likened to a wind scattering flower petals. Used in literary or religious contexts.

• 無む常じょうの風かぜが吹ふきすさぶこの世よで、人ひとは何なにを頼たよりに生いきればよいのか。

  In this world where the wind of impermanence rages, what should people rely on to live?