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The uniqueness of the moment
Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice. Even if there is no one dumber, if you’re the planet’s biggest...
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Life is but a moment
In a man’s life, his time is but a moment, his being a mere flux, his senses a dim glimpse, his body food for the worms, and his soul a restless eddy … the things of the body pass like a flowing...
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Substance is like a river in perpetual flux
Repeatedly dwell on the swiftness of the passage and departure of things that are and of things that come to be. For substance is like a river in perpetual flux, its activities are in continuous...
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Life is ephemeral
Never halting night or day, My life drains constantly away, And from no other source does increase come. How can there not be death for such as me? — Shantideva – Bodhicharyavatara – Chapter 2 –...
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What is Creation?
What is creation? Not of the painter, or the poet, or the man who makes something out of marble; those are all things manifested. Is there something that is not manifested? Is there something that,...
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The Guesthouse
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if...
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Impermanence of Life
Regard this phantom world As a star at dawn, a bubble in a stream, A flash of lightning in a summer cloud A flickering lamp — a phantom — and a dream. — Buddha Impermanence of Life
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The impermanence of the illusive self-image
You cannot possibly say that you are what you think yourself to be! Your ideas about yourself change from day to day and from moment to moment. Your self-image is the most changeful thing you have. It...
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Do not let false delights of a deceptive world deceive you
Outward beauty, loveliness of form, charm of personality, whether it is yours or possessed by another, is of no lasting worth. Be not allured by this false show. Be not deluded by these transitory...
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Impermanence
Die! Die! Cut off those chains that hold you prisoner to the world of attachment — Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (Rumi) – Love Poems of Rumi (edited by Deepak Chopra) – Excerpt of Dying to Love Time...
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