Impermanence is like an unexpected visitor.
It doesn’t announce when it will come. It also doesn’t say when it will leave.
It simply comes into our lives.
We cannot send it away or ask it to stay a little longer.
Our karma is its clock.
The best advice that it gives us is: Don’t be attached to anything,
’Cause at any moment I can take it with me.
Don’t have aversion to anything,
’Cause during another visit I might bring it to you.
While you have this chance, Perceive the illusory quality of everything
And realize the immutable before the Lord of Death accompanies you.
Carlos Alberto Schewenger
Carlos was a Khadro Ling sangha member who died in a motorcycle accident in June 2004, six months after completing a three-year retreat. He wrote this poem during retreat.
Impermanence is like an unexpected visitor.
It doesn’t announce when it will come. It also doesn’t say when it will leave.
It simply comes into our lives.
We cannot send it away or ask it to stay a little longer.
Our karma is its clock.
The best advice that it gives us is: Don’t be attached to anything,
’Cause at any moment I can take it with me.
Don’t have aversion to anything,
’Cause during another visit I might bring it to you.
While you have this chance, Perceive the illusory quality of everything
And realize the immutable before the Lord of Death accompanies you.
Carlos Alberto Schewenger
Carlos was a Khadro Ling sangha member who died in a motorcycle accident in June 2004, six months after completing a three-year retreat. He wrote this poem during retreat.
Impermanence is like an unexpected visitor.
It doesn’t announce when it will come. It also doesn’t say when it will leave.
It simply comes into our lives.
We cannot send it away or ask it to stay a little longer.
Our karma is its clock.
The best advice that it gives us is: Don’t be attached to anything,
’Cause at any moment I can take it with me.
Don’t have aversion to anything,
’Cause during another visit I might bring it to you.
While you have this chance, Perceive the illusory quality of everything
And realize the immutable before the Lord of Death accompanies you.
Carlos Alberto Schewenger
Carlos was a Khadro Ling sangha member who died in a motorcycle accident in June 2004, six months after completing a three-year retreat. He wrote this poem during retreat.
Impermanence is like an unexpected visitor.
It doesn’t announce when it will come. It also doesn’t say when it will leave.
It simply comes into our lives.
We cannot send it away or ask it to stay a little longer.
Our karma is its clock.
The best advice that it gives us is: Don’t be attached to anything,
’Cause at any moment I can take it with me.
Don’t have aversion to anything,
’Cause during another visit I might bring it to you.
While you have this chance, Perceive the illusory quality of everything
And realize the immutable before the Lord of Death accompanies you.
Carlos Alberto Schewenger
Carlos was a Khadro Ling sangha member who died in a motorcycle accident in June 2004, six months after completing a three-year retreat. He wrote this poem during retreat.
Impermanence is like an unexpected visitor.
It doesn’t announce when it will come. It also doesn’t say when it will leave.
It simply comes into our lives.
We cannot send it away or ask it to stay a little longer.
Our karma is its clock.
The best advice that it gives us is: Don’t be attached to anything,
’Cause at any moment I can take it with me.
Don’t have aversion to anything,
’Cause during another visit I might bring it to you.
While you have this chance, Perceive the illusory quality of everything
And realize the immutable before the Lord of Death accompanies you.
Carlos Alberto Schewenger
Carlos was a Khadro Ling sangha member who died in a motorcycle accident in June 2004, six months after completing a three-year retreat. He wrote this poem during retreat.
