The constellation
U251 The bad custom in the world: the young die as well as the old. Hence youth enters monastery
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The same sky, in words
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- Shortness of life · U250 entry
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- Shortness of life · U250 entry
- Courage conquers all and impossible is made possible · U243 entry
- The hare's last will. Surrounded by hunters and hounds, the hare considers to whom each of his members will be allotted. Succeeds in escaping · U242.1 entry
- Hares fearing death outrun pursuing dogs · U242 entry
- Passage of time · U260 entry
- Time seems short to those who play, long for those who wait. So says servant girl whose mistress upbraids her for late hours · U261 entry
- Suffering healed by time · U262 entry
- Security breeds indifference · U270 entry