...when we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. |
[In] The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, ... The future is in our hands, and in the hands of our heart. |
Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life. |