When comes the time to carry
The load of life through death’s door,
One can take neither relatives, friends,
Servants, nor possessions.
Attached mind is instinctual mind:
Abandon attachment.

7th Dalai Lama

from the book Meditations To Transform The Mind

translated by Glenn Mullin


source: http://www.matthieuricard.org/en/thoughts/27


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