Daily Words of the Buddha ~ November 07, 2014

Sepia Hawaiian FamilyAppaṃ vata jīvitaṃ idaṃ!
Oraṃ vassasatāpi miyyati,
yo cepi aticca jīvati,
atha kho so jarasāpi miyyati.

How short this life!
You die this side of a century,
but even if you live past,
you die of old age.
Sutta Nipāta 4.810

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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