Pleasure Seeker Is Swept Away

For one who has a clinging mind
and gathers only pleasure-flowers,
Death does seize and carry away
as great flood a sleeping village.

Explanation: Those men and women , fascinated by worldly things, go about seeking pleasure, like a garland-maker picking the flowers of his choice in a garden. But, gradually and silently, death overcomes them like a flood in the night sweeping away a village asleep.

~The Buddha – Dhammapada

Comments

  1. Ronnie Martin

    September 14, 2013

    To gather what the Lord has provided, will leave you fulfilled in life. Awesome post Jen

  2. chandu v

    September 15, 2013

    real time experience by seeing this image

  3. Efrem Santiago

    September 15, 2013

    Places me in memory mode.
    Trooping around thus far puts hosts of ambivillence entrigued joinning myself accepting all fresh to me. I love finding i am taken as it is feelling "USUALLY, As a tourist in my own country. YEAHHHH!

  4. Bikash Boruah

    September 15, 2013

    Nice

    * Thanks & Regards*

    * Bikash M.B
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    * ****@**
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  5. Efrem Santiago

    September 15, 2013

    Left goes just as newly found hummed Aft serene comfort, I am my best-friend.

  6. Jan Repka

    September 15, 2013

    krasne wav tie hviezdy a mesiac krasa <3

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