Discrimination' between what is eternal and what is ephemeral

<div class="zemanta-img" style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Q7B3m_FYtN9hZwsAdv5YnRaGy3GzuxW9MoW6L0vsOTXtnEkf-xO8OH8nTZ3XmyDV9zBPHdtgkHTyver-nvcbxzY54TPDiqK_A0Gyog-rZ9J_hu3oAoXe1I6eSXkmh-rL-9ZojyvdaLGk/s1600/Blue-ZenKoan-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Q7B3m_FYtN9hZwsAdv5YnRaGy3GzuxW9MoW6L0vsOTXtnEkf-xO8OH8nTZ3XmyDV9zBPHdtgkHTyver-nvcbxzY54TPDiqK_A0Gyog-rZ9J_hu3oAoXe1I6eSXkmh-rL-9ZojyvdaLGk/s320/Blue-ZenKoan-1.jpg" width="252" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />'Discrimination' between what is eternal and what is ephemeral;<br />'Dispassion' to reject that which is ephemeral in order to gain that which is eternal;<br />'Discipline' of the mind to divert it from trivial or ephemeral pursuits in life in order to conserve the energy to pursue that which is eternal; 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Discrimination' between what is eternal and what is ephemeral

'Discrimination' between what is eternal and what is ephemeral; 'Dispassion' to reject that which is ephemeral in order ...

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