In a recent sangha conversation, one of the Buddha’s starkest reflections came up. After the three familiar reminders of the universality of sickness, old age and death, he adds:
“Everything I love and hold dear, I will be separated from.”
Then the sequence closes with this final reflection:
“I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions: Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that will I fall heir.”
There is considerable food for investigation here, and Ellen, who guided our explorations this Sunday, offered a guided meditation drawn from a talk by dharma teacher James Baraz.
You can listen to the talk here:
