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.
無常の風が吹きすさぶこの世で、人は何を頼りに生きればよいのか。
In this world where the wind of impermanence rages, what should people rely on to live?
A set phrase from Buddhist thought, combining 無常 (impermanence) with 風 (wind), metaphorically describing the inevitable force of change and death.