Verses for when you have lost someone, or fear that you will.
Therefore hold nothing dear, for separation from the dear is painful. There are no bonds for those who have nothing beloved or unloved.
From endearment springs grief, from endearment springs fear. For one who is wholly free from endearment there is no grief, whence then fear?
From attachment springs grief, from attachment springs fear. For one who is wholly free from attachment there is no grief, whence then fear?
From craving springs grief, from craving springs fear. For one who is wholly free from craving there is no grief; whence then fear?
"All conditioned things are impermanent" — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering. This is the path to purification.
Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.
Better it is to live one day seeing the Deathless than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the Deathless.