"It's hard to be born as human. This can be compared to the blooming of the Udumbara flower. But now, I have reached it [i.e., the state of a human being]. It is hard to meet the Tathagata, but now I have met him. It is hard to see and hear the pristine treasure of the Dharma, but now I heard it. This is like happen to a blind tortoise find a hole in a piece of floating wood. Life is much more brief and fleeting than the running water from a mountain stream. One lives today, but one cannot be sure of tomorrow. How can anyone abandon their thoughts to what is wrong? The pinnacle of life slips away as swiftly as a galloping horse. How can anyone depend on [what is transitory] and be arrogant? It's like the situation where a devil sits waiting by the performing of wrong actions by a human. It's the same with the devils of the four great elements. They always come and look for any fault of someone. How can anyone give occasion to evil senses?"
Read more at Pearls of the Universe - Volume 10.
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