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Buddhist perspectives on loss

  • 08-12-2003 8:14pm
    #1
    Yoda
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    Over on Personal Issues there was a discussion where a fellow was having trouble because he and a friend were growing apart. He'd made attempts to sort things out, but still it seemed that his friend was drifting away and content not to do anything about it.

    There was a fair bit of discussion on the topic, and at length I offered the following Buddhist perspective:

    Sabbam aniccam. 'All things are impermanent.'

    And very sound advice too.

    Losing a friend hurts. A couple of years ago two people I considered very close to me simply stopped speaking to me – independently of one another too; I was completely shut out. I learned a lot from that experience. It wasn't easy at first. I learned about letting go. I took the Buddha's teachings to heart, and meditated on loving my former friends without conditions. Finally I really got it. It was really very liberating.

    :) And then two days later I met my partner. :)

    Maybe had I not gone through that experience I wouldn't have been ready for that. Who knows?


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