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弘一法师在圆寂前，再三叮嘱弟子把他的遗体装龛时，在龛的四个角下各垫上一个碗，碗中装水，以免蚂蚁、虫子爬上遗体后在火化时被无辜烧死。好几次看弘一法师的传记，读到这个细节，总是为弘一法师对于生命深切的怜悯与敬畏之心所深深感动。 Before the death, master Hongyi repeatedly told his disciples to put his body in the niches, and put a bowl under the four corners of the niches, with water in the bowl, so as to prevent ants and insects from climbing on the body and being burned in the cremation. Seeing the biography of master Hongyi several times and reading this detail, master Hongyi is always deeply moved by his deep compassion and awe for life. 法国思想家史怀泽曾在《敬畏生命》一书中写道：他在非洲志愿行医时，有一天黄昏，看到几只河马在河里与他们所乘的船并排而游，突然感悟到了生命的可爱和神圣。于是，“敬畏生命”的思想在他的心中蓦然产生，并且成了他此后努力倡导和不懈追求的事业。 When he volunteered to practice medicine in Africa, one evening, he saw several hippos swimming side by side with their boats in the river, and suddenly realized the loveliness and sanctity of life. Therefore, the thought of "fearing life" suddenly came into being in his mind, and became the cause that he diligently advocated and pursued since then. | 
