PICTURE 4-18-2015

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2015.04.18

[ SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA WAS BORN ON
8 APRIL . ] NO , 6

「　　AT    FIRST    THE    KING    WAS   PLEASED    TO    HEAR
      THIS   PROPHECY ,    BUT   LATER     HE   STARTED    TO   WORRY
      ABOUT    THE   POSSIBILITY   OF   HIS   ONLY   SON    LEAVING    THE
      PALACE    TO    BECOME   A    HOMELESS    RECLUSE    .

はじめ　王（　おう　）は、　この予言を聞いて喜んだが　、
　　次第（　しだい　）に
　　もしや、　＜　出家（　しゅつけ　）　＞されては　という、憂（　うれい　）いを
　　もつように　なった　。　

　　　AT   THE   AGE   OF   SEVEN   THE   PRINCE   BEGAN   HIS
     LESSONS    IN    THE    CIVIL    AND   MILITARY   ARTS   ,   BUT   HIS
     THOUGHTS    MORE    NATURALLY    TENDED    TO   OTHER   THINGS .
　　　
　　　ONE   SPRING DAY   HE   WENT OUT   OF   THE   CASTLE   WITH
      HIS   FATHER   .     TOGETHER     THEY    WERE   WATCHING   A
      FARMER    AT   HIS   PLOWING    WHEN    HE   NOTICED   A    BIRD
      DESCENDED   TO   THE   GROUND    AND   CARRIED    OFF   A
      SMALL    WORM    WHICH    HAD   BEEN   TURNED    UP   BY   THE
       FARMER, PLOUGH .

           HE    SAT   DOWN   IN   THE   SHADE   OF   A    TREE    AND
       THOUGHT   ABIUT   IT ,
       WHISPERING    TO   HIMSELF   ,,

           <     ALAS   .
   DO    ALL   LIVING    CREATURES
                   KILL     EACH     OTHER   ?
                    ?   ?    ?
                     ?   ?
                      ?     >

< あわれ　、
　　　　　　　生きものは、
　　　　　　たがいに　　殺しあう　。
　　　　　
　　　　　　　なぜ　？
　　　　　　どうして　?　　　＞　　」

　　（　　THE TEACHING OF BUDDHA , 仏教聖典より　　引用　　）

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