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原住民的智慧
活出你的生命，這樣恐懼和死亡就不會進入你的心。
不要干涉別人的信仰，尊重他人的看法，也請他們尊重你。
愛你的生命，完善你的生活，美化你生命中所有的事物。
為你終有一天要跨越鴻溝(往生)時準備一首死亡之歌。
對於所遇見或經過你的人，甚至是陌生人，都要表示尊敬或說出尊敬的話。
當你到了陌生的地方，要對那裡的人表達你的尊敬，但不需要卑躬屈膝。
早晨起床時，要對所得到的食物和生之喜悅表達感謝，如果找不到感恩的理由，那問題一定出在你身上。
不要咒罵任和人或事，因為咒罵會奪去願望的靈魂，讓智者變成傻子。
當往生那天到來之時，不要像那些內心被死亡恐懼所充滿的人一樣，哭喊著祈求多活一些時間。唱著你的死亡之歌，像英雄凱旋回家一樣地死去。
~~美國印地安肖尼族酋長 Tecumseh
Native Wisdom
So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.
Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.
Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none.
When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.
Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.
When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
~Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee Nation
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