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[00:00.0] ### The Five Recollections [00:00.2] ##### from the Metta Forest Monastery [00:02.0] [ Jarā-dhammomh`i ] jaraṃ `an`atīto [00:06.0] I am subject to aging. Aging is unavoidable. [00:11.0] Byādh^i-dhammomh`i byādhiṃ `an`atīto [00:16.10] I am subject to illness. Illness is unavoidable. [00:21.30] M`araṇa-dhammomh`i m`araṇaṃ `an`atīto [00:26.0] I am subject to death. Death is unavoidable. [00:31.0] S`abbehi me p`iyehi m`anāpeh`i nānābhāvo v`inābhāvo [00:38.50] I will grow different, separate from all that is dear & appealing to me. [00:45.20] Kammass`akomhi kamm^adāyādo, kamm`ayoni kamm`abandhu kamma-p`aṭis^araṇo [00:55.0] I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and live dependent on my actions. [01:09.0] Yaṃ kammaṃ k`arissāmi kalyāṇaṃ vā pāp`akaṃ vā, tass`a dāyādo bh`avissāmi. [01:19.0] Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that will I fall heir. [01:25.45] Evaṃ amheh`i `abhiṇhaṃ pacc`avekkh^itabbaṃ [01:31.0] We should often reflect on this.