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impermanence

The Painful Beauty of Impermanence

July 11, 2014 by Aaron Graves

By Leo Babauta The cherry blossom falls after its short beautiful bloom. It floats gently down to earth. Its life is over, but the limitedness of its existence is one of the biggest reasons the blossom is so gorgeous. If we knew that the blossom would last forever, it wouldn’t have the same poignant beauty, …

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What Next?

January 16, 2015October 10, 2013 by Aaron Graves
Crying Buddha

The Buddha was sitting under a tree talking to his disciples when a man came and spit on his face. He wiped it off, and he asked the man, “What next? What do you want to say next?” The man was a little puzzled because he himself never expected that when you spit on somebody’s …

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Ikkyu

April 11, 2013 by Aaron Graves

“Like vanishing dew,  a passing apparition  or the sudden flash  of lightning — already gone —  thus should one regard one’s self.”  ― Ikkyu

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