"With mind distracted, never thinking, "Death is coming," To slave away on the pointless business of mundane life, And then to come out empty--it is a tragic error. (116) trans by Robert Thurman"

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Source: Huston Smith, Jeffery Paine (2012). “The Huston Smith Reader”, p.23, Univ of California Press

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Huston Smith

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Huston Smith was a renowned scholar of religion, celebrated for his influential work 'The World's Religions' that explores the essence of diverse spiritual traditions.

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