Life is as evanescent as dew on the tip of a blade of grass.
Nothing can stop death.
You might be extremely beautiful,
but you cannot seduce death.
You might be very powerful,
but you cannot hope to influence death.
Not even the most fabulous wealth will buy you a few more minutes of life.
Dying is not like a fire going out.
Consciousness continues;
when you die, your consciousness has to abandon your body,
accompanied only by the karmic impressions left by your positive and negative actions.
Now that I have this great ship, a precious human life, so hard to obtain,
I must carry myself and others across the ocean of samsara.
To that end, to listen, reflect and meditate
Day and night, without distraction,
is the practice os a bodhisattva.
The Heart of Compassion,
Dilgo Khyentse
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