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Remaining neither day nor night,
This life is constantly slipping away.
And since (life) is never getting any longer,
Why would death not come to one like me?
[40] While I am lying in bed,
Even though (I am) surrounded by my friends and relatives,
I alone will experience
The feeling of life being severed.

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Although (beings) wish to avoid misery,
They actually run toward misery itself.
Although they want to be happy, out of ignorance
They destroy their own happiness as they would an enemy.

Morning meditation.
‘The Buddhas are delighted when sentient beings are happy and distressed when they are hurt.’
Acharya Shantideva

https://buddhismnow.com/2023/02/20/morning-meditation-the-buddhas-are-delighted/

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"All the violence, fear and suffering that exists in this world comes from grasping at 'self'. What use is this great monster to you? if you do not let go of the 'self,' there will never be an end to your suffering."
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