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why be attached to friends? people come and go. as we get older we change and others we know change and naturally drift apart.

(the following is very common to recite before morning Zazen and inarguable, we have been talking around the 4th one this morning)

The Five Remembrances

1 I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old.

2 I am of the nature to have ill health. There is no way to escape having ill health.

3 I am of the nature to die. There is no way to escape death

4 All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change. There is no way to escape being separated from them.

5 My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.