Of all footprints,
That of the elephant is supreme
Of all mindfulness meditations
That on death is supreme
- Buddha
Just wish to share a great passage from the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche:
'Most of us...live according to pre-ordained plan. We spend our youths being educated...find a job, meet someone, marry and have children. We try to make a success of our business, go away on holidays, plan from retirement... Our lives are monotonous, petty, repetitive, wasted in the pursuit of the trivial, because we seem to know of nothing better.' and in our fear of death we try to live our lives as though death is unknown...
May we keep the above in mind and to live consciously in this current precious lifetime.
Hammy needs to lighten up and reflect more often!
2 comments:
How abt we can engage in more philosophical discussions on meaning of life? It was a very nice feeling chatting w you the other day. Fated to know you more I guess, by chancing upon your blog. Lovely writings, like your pottery, like you : )
Hey hey Wun Han, wow thanks for popping by and your kind encouragement... surprised that you chanced upon Hammy's blog hee hee. Sure, we can chat more often, its hard to meet philo-enthusiasts, but i must admit i have forgotten most of the intellectual stuffs learnt ha ha.
Take care and see you around!
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