Thought of the week

When comes the time to carry
The load of life through death's door,
One can take neither relatives, friends,
Servants, nor possessions.
Attached mind is instinctual mind:
Abandon attachment.

SEVENTH DALAI LAMA, KELSANG GYATSO (1708-1757)
Seventh Dalai Lama Kelsang Gyatso (skal bzang rgya mtsho, 1708-1757), Meditations to Transform the Mind, edited and translated by Glenn H. Mullin, Snow Lion 1999.