Robii pacatelor

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No one wants to suffer, but everyone suffers without choice.

No one wants to experience dissatisfaction, but everyone experiences it without choice.

No one wants to be sick, but everyone falls ill without choice.

No one wants to grow old, but everyone ages without choice.

No one wants to die, but everyone dies without choice.

No one wants to wander in samsara, but everyone does so without choice.

Regardless of status, nationality, or sex, all living beings have to suffer without choice.

Each rebirth they take inevitably ends in an uncontrolled death.

However high they rise within one life, they eventually fall to lower states.

However many possessions they acquire, they necessarily lose them all.

Whatever relationships they form inevitably end in separation.

The cruelty of samsara is such that in all these matters living beings are completely without choice.

If we reflect deeply on this point alone we shall develop strong compassion for all living beings.

If in addition we think about the specific sufferings that they constantly experience, our compassion will grow even stronger.