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ロングセラー『なぜ生きる』の英訳版

YOU WERE BORN FOR A REASON　The Real Purpose of Life　Kentetsu Takamori　Daiji Akehashi　Kentaro Ito
◎定価　1,890円（税込）本体1,800円
上製Ｂ５変型判　236ページ　ISBN4-925253-24-7

YOU WERE BORN FOR A REASON　The Real Purpose of Life

高森顕徹　明橋大二　伊藤健太郎
英訳監修　エドワード・サイデンステッカー
翻訳　ジュリエット・カーペンター
日米で好評発売中!!

　日本で、５０万部突破のロングセラーとなっている『なぜ生きる』の英語版。
　第１部では、「こんな毎日のくり返しに、どんな意味があるのか」をテーマに、世相、文学、哲学などを例にして掘り下げる。
　第２部では、「人生に苦しみの波は絶えないが、生きる目的を知った人の苦労は、必ず報われる苦労である」ことを、仏教者・親鸞の言葉で明らかにする。

As human beings, we have one thing in common: we search all our lives for lasting happiness. 　you were born for a reason tells us that happiness can indeed be found. But it is not found in the places we ordinarily look, such as status, achievements, or family. This book, which has sold nearly half a million copies since its original publication in Japan, shows us how to navigate life s obstacles from a deep and abiding source of inner peace. 　The authors―a Buddhist teacher, a philosopher, and a psychotherapist―bring their combined wisdom to bear on the age-old question: what is the purpose of life? They direct us toward answers contained in often-overlooked Buddhist teachings―specifically, in the words of Shinran, who is the founder of Jodo Shinshu, the largest of Japan's schools of Buddhism. 　In clear and compelling language, you were born for a reason shows why human life is not only meaningful, but infinitely precious. It considers the many ills that plague modern society―suicide, murder, angst, a constant sense of futility―and guides us to the enduring truths that can renew our hearts and finally provide real happiness. "YOU WERE BORN FOR A REASON is a solemn and profound book." ―Edward Seidensticker * * * FROM THE TEXT: Sakyamuni Buddha taught, "The outgoing breath awaits not the incoming breath, and so life ends." Death may be but a single breath away. Fail to take in the next breath, and immediately your afterlife begins. Each breath you exhale and inhale brushes shoulders with death. On December 31, one second after 23:59'59" it is 00:00'00". At the same instant, the thirty-first changes to the first, December gives way to January, and one year yields to the next. In the same way, this life transforms into the next life in the space of an instant. If you do not achieve the purpose of life now, when will you? When can you? Now is your only chance, for untold ages to come. Gaze steadily at the shadow of impermanence drawing closer every moment, and have no regrets.

YOU WERE BORN
FOR A REASON
The Real Purpose of Life
高森 顕徹
明橋 大二
伊藤 健太郎
エドワード・サイデンステッカー（英訳監修）
ジュリエット・カーペンター（翻訳）
定価　1,890円（税込）
（本体1,800円）
上製Ｂ５変型判　236ページ
ISBN4-925253-24-7
YOU WERE BORN FOR A REASON - The Real Purpose of Life

この書籍はアメリカでは、 Ichimannendo Publishing, Inc. から発売されています。
本の詳細はこちら → http://www.i-ipi.com/book/purpose_of_life/purpose.html

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