去年鈔的

 日本國長屋王崇敬佛法，造千袈裟，來施此國大德眾僧，其袈裟緣上繡著四句曰：

｢山川異域，風月同天，寄諸佛子，共結來緣。｣

以此思量，誠是佛法興隆，有緣之國也。 今我同法眾中，誰有應此遠請，向日本國傳法者乎？

--鑑真和尚東征傳

在 Covid-19 下，武漢封城時，看到日友人支援中國時在箱子上所印的貼條上有：山川異域，風月同天。  很喜歡。  去找了出處。  下面一首詩，也是在日本友人援助武漢時的封條。  

【送柴侍御。王昌齡】

沅水通波接武岡，送君不覺有離傷，

青山一道同雲雨，明月何曾是兩鄉。

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One day we were born, 
one day we shall die, 
the same day, the same second... 
Birth astride a grave, 
the light gleams an instant, 
then it's night once more. 

(Book When breath becomes air, quoted this line.  a very striking quote.  But the way book Quotes is much more like a poem.  Below is the original text, from a play by Samuel Beckett, was originally in French, then translated by the author into English.)

Have you not done tormenting me with your accursed time!  It's abominable!  When! When! One day, is that not enough for you, one day he went dumb, one day I went blind, one day we'll go deaf, one day we were born, one day we shall die, the same day, the same second, is that not enough for you? 

They give birth astride a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more. 

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What now is proved

was once only imagined.

The rat, the mouse, the fox,

the rabbit watch the roots;

the lion, the tyger, the horse,

the elephant...

Watch the fruits.

The cistern contains;

the fountain...

Overflow

(William Blake in Bones season 2:17)

Lovers and Madmen

have such seething brains

such shaping fantasies,

that apprehend more 

than cool reason 

ever comprehends.

(Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, in Bones, season 2:17)

These were conversation between Gordon Gordon and Angela Montenegro.  When Gordon Gordon read those lines, it was very charming!  Some people are very talented!

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｢生死之交｣ 是友情的最崇高的境界，但是這種事情要慢慢來。 你不要剛認識一個人，就希望它是你的 ｢生死之交｣ 。 這等於你一認識他，你就想要 ｢取他性命｣。

朋友有 ｢通財之雅｣。 這種事情也要看交情的深淺。 如果你剛認識一個人， 就要求對方有這種 ｢通財之雅｣ ，就等於剛認識一個人， 就想 ｢取他錢財｣ 。

【林良。豐富人生】

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