13. Photo Courtesy of selago @ Flickr some newborn ones that are sick and yellow
14. Photo Courtesy of clairity @ Flickr brown and bent ones that still cling on to the branches
15. Photo Courtesy of tanakawho @ Flickr and many other leaves that have holes in them
16. – like the mottled brown leaves Photo Courtesy of curtdeath @ Flickr When a storm of death blows through a family, it usually take the senior aged ones
17. the yellow leaves…. Photo Courtesy of yunphoto.net - like the middle aged ones
18. the sick ones – as like the leaves with holes Photo Courtesy of dawe @ Flickr
19. also the young and strong ones that are in their prime like the green leaves
20. and sometimes, the storm of life takes kids, like young shoots that only sprouted recently. Photo Courtesy of ·▪•● Peyman ●•▪· @ Flickr
21. Photo Courtesy of denisgiles @ Flickr Why is my loved one taken away from me? One asks -
22. Is it because something that I have done? that infuriated the heavenly beings? Photo Courtesy of yunphoto.net
23. Or is it because something that I have that infuriated the heavenly beings? not done Photo Courtesy of yunphoto.net
24. But have one forgotten? That it is only nature at work… Photo Courtesy of yunphoto.net
25. That a storm whipping through the forest…. will leave a trail of falling leaves in its wake… Photo Courtesy of ramson @ Flickr
26. Photo Courtesy of seeks2dream @ Flickr and that human beings too, like the falling leaves…
29. Credits Story inspired by the late Ajahn Chah. Brought to you by Ajahn Brahm, author of “ Opening the Door of Your Heart” and “ Who Ordered this Truckload of Dung”. Photo Courtesy of Peter Ca-pecast@ Flickr Music – “Somewhere in Time” by John Barry and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Images & Sound Effects by the generosity of anonymous donors and photographers as credited.
30. This slideshow is dedicated to all sentient beings. Photo Courtesy of bonguri@ Flickr
31. - towards happiness - to end sadness - to a permanent state of bliss May all life find the way Photo Courtesy of accentoneclectic@ Flickr