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A continuation from last week; I am also thinking of the last remembrance in terms of Right Livelihood and Right Speech - how I interact with others at work and how I navigate the inevitable politics, rife at the middle management level.
From the Upajjhatthana Sutta, translated by Thanissaro Bikkhu.
citation: "Upajjhatthana Sutta: Subjects for Contemplation" (AN 5.57), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight, 3 July 2010, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an05/an05.057.than.html . Retrieved on 16 April 2012.
I am created, affected, and defined by my actions. What actions do I choose?
From the Upajjhatthana Sutta, translated by Thanissaro Bikkhu.
citation: "Upajjhatthana Sutta: Subjects for Contemplation" (AN 5.57), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight, 3 July 2010, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an05/an05.057.than.html . Retrieved on 16 April 2012.
"There are these five facts that one should reflect on often, whether one is a woman or a man, lay or ordained. Which five?
"'I am subject to aging, have not gone beyond aging.' This is the first fact that one should reflect on often, whether one is a woman or a man, lay or ordained.
"'I am subject to illness, have not gone beyond illness.' ...
"'I am subject to death, have not gone beyond death.' ...
"'I will grow different, separate from all that is dear and appealing to me.' ...
"'I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that will I fall heir.' ...
I am created, affected, and defined by my actions. What actions do I choose?
