Contemplating the impermanence of the elements helps us to understand their non-self nature. In one early Buddhist sutta, Sāriputta gives an argument as to how the four elements are impermanent. But it's a strange sutta, full of equivocation and odd claims. Nevertheless as we'll see its basic message is clear as day.
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00:00 Intro
02:27 The earth element
05:14 The water element
08:51 The Buddha discusses the world burning
10:45 The fire element
13:59 The air element
16:39 Aiming towards non-self
17:10 The role of speculative visualization
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