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第95章

The Paradox in Life

Guidance for Reciting

The idea that the life cut short is unfulfilled is illogical because lives are measured by the impressions they leave on the world and by their intensity and virtue.

There is someone that is coming or passing away in your life around the clock,so you may lose sight of those seen,and forget those remembered.

There is gain and loss in your life,

so you may catch sight of those unseen,and remember those forgotten.

Nevertheless,doesn't the unseen exist for sure?Will the remembered remain for ever?

Notes

1.be around the clock 夜以继日,全天候

2.to catch sight of 瞥见,突然看见

生命中的矛盾

诵读导言

生命短暂即人生未成,这种想法逻辑欠通。因为生命的价值尺度是它留在世间的痕迹,是它的质量和德行。

生命中,不断地有人离开或降临,

于是,看见的,看不见了;记住的,遗忘了。

生命中,不断地有得到和失去,

于是,看不见的,看见了;遗忘的,记住了。

然而,看不见的,是不是就等于不存在?记住的,是不是永远不会消失?