Daily Reading ~ December 11

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association)
Venerable Shravasti Dhammika

The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom

Now, on one occasion, the Lord, having arisen from his solitude towards evening, was seated warming his back in the westerly sunshine. Then, Venerable Ãnanda came to see the Lord, and while rubbing his limbs with his hands said: “Strange it is and wonderful how the skin of the Lord is no longer clear and translucent, how all his limbs are slack and wrinkled, how his body is bent forward, and how his sense faculties and body have changed.”

“So it is, Ãnanda. Old age is inherent in youth, sickness in health, and dealth in life.”