Life is short and goes by quickly. There are more important things in life to do than the things that consume most of our time. We must try to live a life where we know we did the best we could and made the most of our precious and rare opportunity. To remain focused, it is important to remember, every day, our mortality and what will really matter at the end. We must stop just using up the karma that brought us a life like this and use it for fulfilling our ultimate destiny.

This podcast was extracted from a set of teachings on compassion given at a retreat in South Lake Tahoe, California, over Thanksgiving weekend, 2007.

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