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The Better Way to Live Alone

Bhaddekaratta Sutta

Do not pursue the past,
Do not lose yourself
in the future.
The past no longer is.
The future has not yet come,
Looking deeply at life
as it is
in the very here and now,
the practitioner dwells
in stability and freedom.
We must be diligent today
To wait until tomorrow
is too late.
Death comes unexpectedly.
How can we bargain with it?
The sage calls a person
who knows how to dwell
in mindfulness
day and night
"one who knows
the better way to live alone"