Photo: The parinirvana of Sakyamuni, Hanabusa Itchōe , late 17th century.

‘You cannot trust your possessions or your plans.’

No time to waste: Tony D’Souza’s Thought for the Week

‘You cannot trust your possessions or your plans.’

by Tony D’Souza 27th June 2025

The old man was dying and everybody knew it. He had been dying for some time. The food poisoning was slowly taking its toll on his frail eighty-year-old body. He lay exhausted beneath two trees as the sun beat down.