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Tend the Last Rites with Care, and Long Honor the Departed
What does tending death and farewell with care give back to those who remain?
Tend the end with care and honor those long gone, and the people's virtue grows deep.
In the Analects, Zengzi says, "Tend the last rites with care and honor the distant ancestors, and the people's virtue grows deep." To send off the departing with devotion is for the living, not only the dead.
📝The Classic Answers
In the Analects, Zengzi says, "Tend the last rites with care and honor the distant ancestors, and the people's virtue grows deep." To send off the departing with devotion is for the living, not only the dead. The care that ties off the ending gently gathers scattered hearts, so those left may rise from grief and live trusting one another again. I refuse to hurry past death. Within the heart that honors the departed with devotion to the end lies the power to rejoin the divided living and turn loss back into love.
🌱Apply It Today
If someone has departed, rather than rush to forget, make one way of your own today to honor them with care.
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