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Chapter 27 Dad, Why Were We Born? One day, a family invited guests to their home for a religious rite for the great-grandparent. After the ceremony, when all the guests had left, the son asked the father, “Dad, since everyone has to die like our great-grandparent, then what is the purpose of life?” The father, who had acquired knowledge about Buddhism, replied to his beloved son, “My son, deep down inside, everybody, rich or poor, a commoner or a king, has asked what we are doing here, what the true purpose of life is. And even I used to wonder about that.