With this spouse and these near and dear ones you desire to live together, Inseparable for

all times, but there is no doubt that you will be separated. From this excellent home you would like to be inseparable forever And take root in it, but you will surely depart. From this happiness, well-being, and wealth you want to be inseparable forever So you can relish them, but it is certain you will lose them. From this supreme human body with its freedoms and riches you wish to be insepar able And own it until the end of times, but there is no way that you won't die. From this really great teacher you yearn to be inseparable And listen to the dharma for all eternity, but there is no question that you wil l be separated. From these good friends you wish to be inseparable forever So you can hang out together, but it's a sure thing that you will be parted. Therefore, from today on, don your armor of vigor-The time has come to travel to the land of inseparable great bliss. You friends who have developed weariness from the depths of your hearts, I, a dharma-beggar, request you to do so. -by the Omniscient Longchen Rabjam --from Straight from the Heart: Buddhist Pith Instructions translated and introd uced by Karl Brunnhlzl