Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association)
Venerable Shravasti Dhammika
The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom
These five things should often be contemplated by both women and men, by both householder and home-leaver. What five?
“Old age can come to me; I have not got beyond old age. Sickness can come to me; I have not got beyond sickness. Death can come to me; I have not got beyond death. I am the result of my own deeds, the heir to deeds – deeds are the source, the kin, and the foundation. Whatever deed I do, whether good or bad, I shall become heir to that.”
These five things, should often be contemplated be both women and men, by both householder and home-leaver.