An evening talk shared with Stephen Batchelor. Speaking from Batchelor's book of poetic translations, Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime.
Our society emphasizes fitness, strength, youth, and vitality, and yet the body runs its own course. We can do things to keep it strong and healthy, but these types of measures are limited. We are blessed to have the Buddhist teachings because they encourage us to come to terms with aging, sickness and death -- fundamental truths of our existence.
