"Instead
of trying to rely on ourselves we always put our hopes in other things,
other people. We can't stand on own two feet. This is because the heart
isn't wise enough to check whether the objects it grasps hold of are
right or wrong, good or bad. It doesn't know how to care for itself, how
to help itself, because there's no one to teach it. There's nobody to
advise on how to know which things are
dangerous and which are beneficial, which things should be held on to
and which things shouldn't. The heart therefore continues
indiscriminately to grasp hold of anything, whether good or bad, as long
as it likes the look of it. Even if it isn't gratifying, the heart's
characteristic trait is still to keep on grasping and clinging. Why
should it be like this?"
-'To the Last Breath Dhamma Talks on Living and Dying'
-'To the Last Breath Dhamma Talks on Living and Dying'
