"Tomorrow or Next Life, which comes first, I don't know."
Amazing quote that inspires me to maintain some form of spiritual practice on a daily basis.
The lessons of impermanence, mortality, karma as well as the preciousness of our human life, comes to my mind when I recall the quote, which makes it such a great spiritual reminder.
1. Coming & going, such is our human life. I know, at least at the intellectual level, that I can actually attain nothing, with nothing to attain at all in this life, where life is really but a dream. But yet I can get so serious, so caught up in my self-centred dreams, most of the time.
2. Before I know it, this dream is over, and will descend into the next dream (next life begins)... A great master said, "If you want to know your next life, look at your present actions." And yet most of the time I don't pay attention to my actions, and without the light of consciousness, they become habits and habits become my character and will eventually shape my next life...
3. So this quote is a great reminder to do something, right now! While I still have the chance! Don't leave it to tomorrow, it may be too late!
4. So morning and night, despite being tired (struggling to get up to work or struggling not to fall asleep in the evening) I tell myself, wake up wake up, Om Mani Peme Hung x108!
5. Don't waste this wonderful opportunity to rest in our unborn Buddha Mind, sitting quietly, breathing in, breathing out, birds chirping, crickets calling, cars zooming past in the background, being just this moment...
6. Finally don't forget about my aspiration to seek rebirth in the Blissful Pure Land in the next life! Amituofo x10!
May all of us be well and happy always, remember to rest in our unborn Buddha Mind, wake up and be free from suffering!
Amituofo.
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