If the mind is not contrived, it is spontaneously blissful, just as water, when not agitated, is by nature transparent and clear.

Yet is our deepest desire is truly to live and go on living, why do we blindly insist that death is the end? Why not at least try and explore the possibility that there may be a life after?

Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.

What is born will die, What has been gathered will be dispersed, What has been accumulated will be exhausted, What has been built up will collapse, And what has been high will be brought low.

Learning to live is learning to let go.

Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature.

Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth