The Death of Marcus Aurelius

The Death of Marcus Aurelius

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Dhammapada 219, 220


Kinsmen, friends, and lovers salute a man who has been long away, and returns safe from afar. 

In like manner his good works receive him who has done good, and has gone from this world to the other—as kinsmen receive a friend on his return. 

IMAGE: George Elgar Hicks, The Return Home (1873) 



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