Life Is Impermanent

Life is...
Like a flickering flame :
A phenomenon that cannot last long.
Like an illusion :
Appearing real but not there -
Being empty.

Phenomena are like dewdrops
Or water bubbles that can perish any time.
Being transitory in nature,
Like a dream, they appear real
From their own side
Yet they are empty
From their own side.

Like a dream -
Exactly like that.
Total hallucination
Like lightning,
Transitory in nature.
Where there is lightning
A flash of light appears
and then it is gone.

Same :
When death comes,
All appearance of this life go,
Like friends who were here
Then pass away and are gone.

Buddha said :
If we cling, if we grasp
There is suffering.
Things cannot last;
They are impermanent by nature.

Holding the view of permanence
Only leads to suffering.
It creates the cause
To reincarnate in Samsara
Again.

Attachment ties us to
Samsara...
Again.

- Lama Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche