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prepared by:prepared by: hue24840 hue24840 music:music: Biệt LyBiệt Ly toto:: minhlactrinh minhlactrinh 11/0611/06

After hundred years of life, all attachments are gone with the wind,After hundred years of life, all attachments are gone with the wind,Since beginning of history, only the lonely soul is left with moon and starsSince beginning of history, only the lonely soul is left with moon and stars ..

There is a man, There is a man, when he picks up a when he picks up a newspaper,newspaper, he always reads the he always reads the obituary first of all.obituary first of all.

He seriously reads every single He seriously reads every single line from the obituary,line from the obituary, even he even he does not know the person who does not know the person who passed away.passed away.

His friend curiously asks him why doing so.His friend curiously asks him why doing so... .. The man answers:The man answers:

Oh! I just want to say thank you to these persons.Oh! I just want to say thank you to these persons.

His friend stares at him with eyes wild open and says:His friend stares at him with eyes wild open and says:

What! I don’t understand what you’re saying. What! I don’t understand what you’re saying. You You mean you want to say thank you to these dead mean you want to say thank you to these dead people, and you don’t even know them!people, and you don’t even know them! Is there any Is there any problem with your mind?problem with your mind?

The man answers to his friend:The man answers to his friend:

•Yes.Yes. I solemnly thank these people. I solemnly thank these people. Because their departures remind Because their departures remind me that me that life is always impermanentlife is always impermanent.. The death happens unexpectedly The death happens unexpectedly and haphazardly at any moment.and haphazardly at any moment.

When alive,When alive, these people also had hope and planning, these people also had hope and planning, success and frustration,success and frustration, struggle and fighting,struggle and fighting, happiness and jealousy.happiness and jealousy. Then suddenlyThen suddenly they became the they became the dead bodies waiting for being cremated or buried deep under ground.dead bodies waiting for being cremated or buried deep under ground.

These people had used their own lives to remind me the most important These people had used their own lives to remind me the most important lesson of life. lesson of life. Aren’t they deserved a thank you note, my dear friend?Aren’t they deserved a thank you note, my dear friend?

::After words from the preparer:After words from the preparer:

* Dawn, the sun rises to dusk, the sun sets…* Dawn, the sun rises to dusk, the sun sets…* People were born to go to the death second by second…* People were born to go to the death second by second…* Time is also the same, life is also the same…* Time is also the same, life is also the same…* * Know that life is always impermanent by nature then why still Know that life is always impermanent by nature then why still sticking to hatred frustration and suffering…sticking to hatred frustration and suffering…

Germany 09-2006Germany 09-2006

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