Philosophical Musings - Part XV
The Roots of Wisdom
Be wary of how you spend your days, for life is transient. Here’s a verse by Hong Yingming on this ephemeral and fleeting world we live in.
Transient Life
Be wary of how you spend your days, for life is transient. Here’s a verse by Hong Yingming on this ephemeral and fleeting world we live in.
Transient Life
Heaven and Earth exist for eons
Yet this body you will not receive again
Yet this body you will not receive again
Our lives span no longer than a century
Yet the days pass with the greatest of ease
He who is fortunate to be born:
Yet the days pass with the greatest of ease
He who is fortunate to be born:
Should not be ignorant of the joy of living
Nor oblivious to the sorrow of life’s vanity
Nor oblivious to the sorrow of life’s vanity
2 comments:
Thanks for the timely reminder that we don't live forever. Amazing to see how many of us talk and act as if we do.
Dear Damien,
It's easy to forget things we don't like to be reminded of. To appreciate Life, we must be mindful of its counterpart, Death.
There are times that I wish I am more carefree ... Ignorance is sometimes bliss, but then again, surely there must be something more to life...
Rgds
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