Things are not what they seem Nor are they otherwise - Buddha This talk explored the role and dynamic of paradox in Buddhist teaching and practice. We looked at the paradox inherent in the experience of the three characteristics -- anicca (impermanence), dukkha (suffering) and anatta (self and not self). As we relax with the paradoxical experience the three characteristics become portals to awakening.

Or -- It is not what we are faced with in life that is really important but how we handle it.

Maranasati , Mindfulness of Death, reveals the potential for awakening as we live our life and open to the normalcy of death.