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Further Reflections

13:

This life is but time
‘borrowed’ from death.

14:

If you treasure your life,
waste not even a second
on that pointless.

15:

Transform grief for that lost
to rejoice for that left.

16:

The more the joy
for the fleeting,
the less the bliss
of the lasting.

17:

Transform mundane worldly desires
to noble world-transcending aspirations.

18:

The purest ‘entertainment’
is in the bliss
of Dharma learning and practice.

19:

Before physical death,
may there be spiritual life.

20:

To focus your life,
defocus on what does not matter.

21:

What consumes your time
consumes your life,
including unwise emotions.

22:

The unwise cling
to otherwise momentary anger
to continue punishing themselves with rage.

23:

If you do not say no
to what does not really matter,
can you say yes
to what really does matter?