Note 35 — NOTES, AUTHORITIES, AND ILLUSTRATIONS
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Footnote 35:
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M.E., pp. 287-290, 513-514; Perry's Narrative, pp. 471, 472; Our Neighborhood, pp. 119-124. The following epitaphs are gathered from various sources:
"This stone marks the remains of the believer who never grows old."
"The believing woman Yu-ning, Happy was the day of her departure."
"Multitudes fill the graves."
"Only by this vehicle—the coffin—can we enter Hades."
"As the floating grass is blown by the gentle breeze, or the glancing ripples of autumn disappear when the sun goes down, or as a ship returns to her old shore—so is life. It is a vapor, a morning-tide."
"Buddha himself wishes to hear the name of the deceased that he may enter life."
"He who has left humanity is now perfected by Buddha's name, as the withered moss by the dew."
"Life is like a candle in the wind."
"The wise make our halls illustrious, and their monuments endure for ages."
"What permanency is there to the glory of the world? It goes from the sight like hoar-frost in the sun."
"If men wish to enter the joys of heavenly light, Let them smell the fragrance of the law of Buddha."
"Whoever wishes to have his merit reach even to the abode of demons, let him, with us, and all living, become perfect in the doctrine."