Buddhism urges us to think deeply about the five aspects of life that serve both to inspire and to shock or scare us:
- Having a virtuous life is very rare and precious
- Life is impermanent and changeable
- All life's happenings are the consequences of one's actions and deeds
- Life is full of misery (she is a brutal bitch)
- Life has the potential to reach the highest goals (she is also a sage teacher)