A Reflection

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 Ready or not,
someday it will all
come to an end.

There will be no
more sunrises,
no minutes, hours
or days.
无论有无做好准备，
终有一天，生命的旅程
会来到终点。
那时候，不会再有日出，
没有时分日夜。
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• All the things you collected,
whether treasured or
forgotten,
• will pass to someone else.
• Your wealth, fame and
temporal power,
• will shrivel to irrelevance.

所有一切的收藏物品，
珍爱或已被遗忘的，
将由给别人继承。
Dato, Tun
MBA, PhD
YB etc etc 钱财名声权势，
皆化为乌有。
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 It will not matter
what you owned, 你拥有的，
你所欠的，
or what you were owed. 都无所谓了。
Your grudges,
resentments, 怨恨，
frustrations, 愤恨，
and jealousies 挫折感，
will finally disappear. 妒忌都烟消云散。

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• So, too, your
hopes,
ambitions, 希望，
plans, 抱负，
• and to-do lists 计划，
will expire. 待办事项列表，
都成为过期的东西。

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The wins and losses
that once seemed
so important
will fade away.
It won't matter
whether you
were beautiful or
brilliant. 得失曾经是那么重要，
即将消逝无踪。
尽管你曾经即
漂亮又有才华，
现在已不要紧了。
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• In the end it won't
matter
where you came
from,
• or on which side
of the track you
lived. 最终，
你来自那一方，
富有还是贫穷，
已不要紧了。

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Even your gender
and skin colour
will be irrelevant.

你的性别，肤色，
不再相干。

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Then, how will
the value of
your days
be measured?
So, what will 那么，你的一生的价值
matter? 是以什麽来衡量呢？

什麽才是
要紧的呢?

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What will matter is
not what you 要紧的不是
bought, 你购买了什么，
而是你建盖了什么；
but what you built;
not what you got, 不是你拥有什么，
but what you gave. 而是你奉献了什么。

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What will matter is not 要紧的
your success, 不是你的成就，
而是
but your significance.
你的重要性。
What will matter is not
what you learned, 要紧的
不是你学了什麽，
but what you taught. 而是
你教导了什麽。

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What will matter 要紧的是
is every act of 正直的行为，
integrity, 悲悯心，
勇气或
compassion,
courage,

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 sacrifice that 所牺牲充实了，
给了力量，
enriched, 鼓励了别人
empowered or 来仿效你的榜样。
encouraged others
to emulate your
example.

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What will matter
is not your
competence,
but your 要紧的不是你的能力，
character. 而是品格。

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 What will matter
is not
how many people you
knew,
要紧的不是
but how many 你认识多少人，
will feel 而是当你离开後，
a lasting loss when 多少人会感到
you're gone. 一个巨大的损失。

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What will matter is
not your memories, 要紧的不是
你的记忆，
but the memories
that live
而是留在
in those who
爱你的人对你的
loved you.
回忆。

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What will matter
要紧的是你会
is how long
被记得多久，
you will be
remembered,
是谁以及记得
by whom and for 你的什麽。
what.

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 Living a life that
matters 懂得什么是要紧
doesn't happen by 而活一生，
accident; 不是无故而发生；
它不是由环境造成，
it's not a matter of 而是一个选择；
circumstance
but of choice;

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 and of much
patience,
perseverance, 还需要耐心，
& 恒心和决心。
determination.

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 So Reflecting mindfully and 所以让我们以
wisely, 正念和智慧
LET US 来反思，
* lead a righteous life
•正直活一生
* reach out to others in need
• 对需要帮助的人，
* cultivate and
伸出援手
purify the mind
• 修心净意

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* strive diligently
in the Dhamma • 精勤修法
• 弘法利世
* help spread the • 利乐群生
Dhamma for
the benefit and
happiness of all

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The End 完
May All Be 愿您
Well, Happy And 安好，
Peaceful! 快乐，
Life is most uncertain,
安宁。
Death is a certainty.
May we strive on in the 祝六时吉祥，
Dhamma diligently. 胡德民居士
With Metta,
中文翻译：
Bro. Oh Teik Bin
Chinese Translation by
teh kk (ipohteh)

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