Five Remembrances
As promised in my talk yesterday at Sunday Sangha, here are the Five Remembrances, which I recite and reflect upon every day as an integral part of my practice:
* I am of the nature to grow old; there is no way to escape growing old.
* I am of the nature to have ill-health; there is no way to escape having ill-health.
* I am of the nature to die; there is no way to escape death.
* All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change; there is no way to escape being separated from them.
* My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the womb from which I am born. Whatever I may do, for good or for ill, to that I will fall heir.