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.
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This isn’t my Zen centre’s han (wooden gong), but it’s my favourite English han verse. Don’t waste time. (h/t
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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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Mourn the losses of this year, both famous and close, but remember that everything around us is impermanent and decays — how lucky we are!
6:09 PM - 28 Dec 2016
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