この世の(このよの)すべてのものは常に(つねに)変化(へんか)し、永遠な(えいえんな)ものなど何一つ(なにひとつ)ないということ

Beginning with 'The flow of the running river never ceases, yet the water is not the same as before,' 'Hojoki' is an essay written at the beginning of the Kamakura period by a man named Kamo no Chomei. He expressed the philosophy of impermanence ('mujo'): 'Just as the river's flow never stops, everything in this world is constantly changing, and nothing is eternal.'