Personal relationships are the most volatile and perfect examples of assembled phenomena and impermanence. Some couples believe that they can manage their relationship ‘until death do us part’ by reading books or consulting with a relationship doctor. Knowing that men are from Mars and women are from Venus provides the key to only a few obvious causes and conditions of disharmony, however. To a certain extent these small understandings may help create temporary peace, but they don’t address the many hidden factors that are part of the relationship’s assembly. If we could see the unseen, then maybe we could enjoy the perfect relationship – or maybe we would never start one in the first place.
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
from the book What Makes You Not a Buddhist
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- What is life?
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- Where will they scatter my ashes
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- Happily ever after
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- Today is the death of yesterday
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