“Let not a person revive the past Or on the future build his hopes; For the past has been left behind and the future has not been reached. Instead with insight let him see each presently arisen state; Let him know that and be sure of it, Invincibly, unshakeably. Today the effort must be made; Tomorrow Death may come, who knows? No bargain with Mortality Can keep him and his hordes away, But one who dwells thus ardently, relentlessly, by day, by night it is he, she the Peaceful Sage has said, Who has had a single excellent night”
Buddha’s teachings are known as “dharma.” He taught that wisdom, kindness, patience, generosity and compassion were important virtues. Specifically, all Buddhists live by five moral precepts, which prohibit: Killing living things. Taking what is not given
