The Five Remembrances
The Five Remembrances (All)
(These five remembrances help us to identify and look deeply at the seeds of fear. They can be recited daily, read aloud as a guided meditation, or used as a silent meditation by individual practitioners.)
I am of the nature to grow old.
There is no way to escape growing old.
(Bell)
I am of the nature to have ill-health.
There is no way to escape having ill-health.
(Bell)
I am of the nature to die.
There is no way to escape death.
(Bell)
All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change.
There is no way to escape being separated from them.
(Bell)
I inherit the results of my actions in body, speech, and mind.
My actions are the ground on which I stand.
(Two Bells)