Use 2016 as a reminder that our own time here is limited. Live a life that is bound to end. Don’t get caught off-guard.
This isn’t my Zen centre’s han (wooden gong), but it’s my favourite English han verse.
Don’t waste time.
(h/t @zendustzendirt)pic.twitter.com/RqCtnWVEei
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Zen priest and poet Ryokan: See and realize that this world is not permanent. Neither late nor early flowers will remain.
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That seeing and realizing is a lifelong effort. Death follows birth. Will you reach your end and go “Yes, done!” — in old age? Sooner?
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