1. Photo Courtesy of tanakawho @ Flickr A violent storm whips up in the mountain

2. sending trees crashing to the ground Photo Courtesy of CrankyPK @ Flickr

3. After the storm, a sage ventures out of his hut Photo Courtesy of stuckincustoms @ Flickr

4. Photo Courtesy of sharfalens @ Flickr On the ground are leaves of a myriad of colours

5. most of the leaves lying are old brown leaves Photo Courtesy of horiavarlan @ Flickr

6. among them are yellow leaves Photo Courtesy of sackton @ Flickr

7. there are also several green leaves Photo Courtesy of aptmetaphor @ Flickr

8. Photo Courtesy of xjrlokix @ Flickr leaves that have been bitten by insects

9. Photo Courtesy of colin.j @ Flickr ..… and tender young leaves that have only recently unfurled

10. The sage looks up… Photo Courtesy of yunphoto.net

12. Photo Courtesy of Here's Kate @ Flickr there are some young shoots

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…

27. Photo Courtesy of Jim Delaney@ Flickr are a part of ... nature.

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