Toss to the winds your concern for this life, and impress on your mind the unknown time of your death. Remembering the pain of samsara, why long for the unnecessary?
Milarepa
from the book Drinking the Mountain Stream: Songs of Tibet's Beloved Saint, Milarepa
translated by Lama Kunga Rinpoche & Brian Cutillo
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