如何从“世界记忆遗产”成为“人类文学读本”有感(双语版)(14)

又比如，自古哲学家们探索的生命和宇宙起源问题“先有鸡还是先有蛋”，能在东巴经书中找到确切答案。
Another example is that the answer to the question of the origin of life and the universe, “which came first, the chicken or the egg”, which was explored by ancient philosophers, can be found in the Dongba Sutra.
关于死。比如，东巴经书中说人死是“回归”。亡灵离开人世后，被东巴超度送到祖先居地之地或三十三神地。生命只是从一个世界到另一个世界的穿越，与思念已久的祖先相聚在另一个世界，或飞升成仙，这是多么美好的回归啊！瞬间消除了人类对死亡的恐惧。同时，又在史诗《鲁班鲁绕》中告诫人类：不要被爱情冲昏头脑，不要被蛊惑而自杀轻生，生而为人，就要珍惜生命中的每一天。这对当下那些想自杀轻生的人们是极好的告诫：轻生的人死后并非一了百了，非正常死亡的连祖先那都回不了，将堕入更加痛苦的深渊。《神路图》告诉人们：人死后的因果报应真实不虚，引导人们要向上向善。我们通常以为，丧葬仪式只有一种，而东巴经书中的丧葬仪式有十几种，因年龄、身份、死亡方式的不同而有不同的丧葬仪式，甚至连火化仪式也按年龄阶段不同而分多种，这体现了对生命极致的尊重。
About death. For example, the Dongba Scriptures say that death is a“return”. After the death of the dead, the Dongba crossed over to the ancestral land or the land of the thirty-three gods. Life is just a passage from one world to another, to meet with long-missed ancestors in another world, or to ascend into the immortal, what a beautiful return! Instantly eliminate human fear of death. At the same time,it warned human beings in the epic “Lubanlurao”: Don"t be infatuated with love, don"t be seduced and commit suicide. If you are born a human being, you should cherish every day of your life. This is a good warning to those who want to commit suicide today: those who commit suicide do not die once and for all, and those who die abnormally can not even return to their ancestors, and will fall into a deeper abyss of pain. The“Divine Road Map” tells people that the karma after death is true and leads people to be upward and good. We usually think that there is only one funeral ceremony, but there are more than a dozen funeral ceremonies in Dongba Sutra, which vary according to age, identity and way of death. Even cremation ceremony is divided according to different age stages, which reflects the ultimate respect for life.