No, the Five Remembrances are not a doo-wop group, but they are
important. It would be good to keep in mind the Buddha’s Five Remembrances of
aging, sickness, death, impermanence, and actions. We all age, youth is
fleeting and it is all too soon we see an old face looking back at us in the
mirror. We all have illness, we are all destined to die for there is no
escaping it, we all are powerless to stop change, and the only thing that truly
belong to us are the actions we perform. This isn’t the opinion of some
high-minded one or some interpretation of some old scroll or book. It is fact,
it is the truth.
