Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for February 05, 2024
January 29, 2024
February 12, 2024
Transcript:
THE DALAI LAMA ANSWERS A QUESTION Man: Your holiness, what surprises you most about humanity? Dalai Lama: Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. WELCOME HOME DAD And then he is so anxious about the future… …that he does not enjoy the present. The result being that he does not live in the present or the future. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF CENTRAL TIBETAN ADMINISTRATION DALAI LAMA PRESS JUNKET INDIA AIRLINE He lives as if he is never going to die. Dalai Lama: And then he dies having never really lived.
Yakety Sax 4 months ago
Makes ya think, doesn’t it?
FreyjaRN Premium Member 4 months ago
He is so wise. I try to live well. We aren’t promised tomorrow, and the past is done.
The Old Wolf 4 months ago
All we have is the current moment. The past is gone, and the future has not yet arrived. The current moment is a gift. That’s why they call it the present.
nancyb creator 4 months ago
This is one of the greatest quotes I’ve ever heard, and it is beautifully illustrated.
markkahler52 4 months ago
And so it goes…
ferddo 4 months ago
He also tries to amass a huge fortune, not to spend himself but to leave to others after he dies. Most of the people he bequeaths to hardly even communicate with him during his old age, and he probably won’t hear any thanks.
markkahler52 3 months ago
The boy is living “cats in a cradle”