Dad, Why Were We Born?
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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 pur…
…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 do…