Nezahualcoyotl · Philosophy
The impermanence that runs through the songs attributed to Nezahualcoyotl: ‘Not forever on earth, only a little while here.’ Even jade shatters, even gold breaks, even quetzal plumes are torn - and so must every human being and every human work.
You learned that the Nezahualcoyotl tradition meditates relentlessly on impermanence - ‘not forever on earth, only a little while here’ - using jade, gold, and quetzal plumes (the most prized and lasting things) as images of what nonetheless perishes. Explain the meditation and why the Nahua thought facing…
Leads to Qoheleth (the Preacher of Ecclesiastes).
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