What is life, after all? I think —
A most bizarre madness of nature,
With elements busily concocting body-mind,
Still enslaved to instinctual appetites & tastes.

For what, then, does life exist? I opine —
For madness’s fulfillment at Samsara’s end:
Body calmed, mind cooled, realizing Nibbana,
The extinction of dukkha in every possible form.

And how do we manage this life? I believe —
Stop going crazy over worldly deliciousness,
Released by harmonizing the eight path factors,
Each day & every night perfect in Nature’s Way.