At death 臨終
子供は親の臨終に立ち会うべきです。私は自分の子供に死に水をとっもらい、遺体にも触ってもらい、荼毘の後でお骨を拾ってもらいたいと思っています。世の無常を体験する大事な機会です。子供は無常を背負ってこれからも生きてゆくのだから。
Children should be present at their parent's moment of death. I, for example, would like my children to give me the last drink of water, to touch my body after I am dead, to gather my ashes after cremation. These are most important experiences to teach the transcience of life. And with these experiences my children must go on living their own lives in this world of impermanence.
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