Back to basics: the four basic reflections and refuge. Extract. Eifel 2001
Transcribed by Sarah Allen
Edited by Barbara Terris
“Most of us who have been involved with buddhism for some time will have reflected a lot on impermanence, but it is never something to treat lightly. It is the royal road to an understanding of stillness and movement.”
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Contents
Stillness and movement……….. 1
The Four Basic Reflections: back to basics……….. 1
Precious human birth…….. 1
Impermanence and death…….. 2
Karma…….. 4
Ice or water, depending on the conditions…. 6
Going it alone…. 8
Samsara: banging into things…….. 8
Taking refuge…. 8