“If you long to know what is hard to know and
can resist the temptations of the world,
you will cross the river of life.
As your family and friends receive you with
joy when you return from a long journey, so
will your good deeds receive you when you
go from this life to the next, where they will
be waiting for you with joy like your kinsmen.”
Dhammapada
chapter 16, verses 218-220
{1st photo; a young coach ilg squatting over twice his bodyweight for reps; Farentinos Gym, Boulder, Colorado; circa 1980. 2nd photo; an “old” coach ilg, years after fracturing his back, finally enjoying a high altitude training run deep in the Kachina Peaks instead of a wheel chair. “Long to know what is hard to know…”}
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