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Joyful to have
such a human birth
Difficult to find
Free and well-
favored.Composed by Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. 1974.
It is a miracle that we are born, and that we are still living. Every minute, world wide approximately 267 people are born and 108 people die. Just over 40% of us survive birth, and none of us survive death. Last month I asked you: ‘How are you making the most of your precious birth? I ask you again this month, as it is a reflection we could do daily.
Our human birth
ordinary and extraordinary
Our human birth
joyful and painful
Our human birth
healthy and unhealthy
Our human birth
longevity and fleeting
Our human birth
precious and worthless
Do not let your birth be worthless. Embrace this precious opportunity. There is the gap between birth and death. This gap is called life. Mind the gap.
- What are you doing in the gap?
- How awake are you in the gap?
- What could you begin doing differently in the gap?
