Love and Parting! If Only Life Were Like Our First Meeting

The Buddha said there are three kinds of suffering in this world: [parting from those you love], [meeting those you hate], and [longing for what you cannot have]. This book tells three love stories. If life were always as it was when we first met, why would we ever need to forget each other and wander the world apart...

A young man and woman meet, come to know each other, and then fall in love. In spring, they admire flowers blooming across the mountains and valleys brimming with life. A gentle breeze brushes their cheeks, and when their eyes meet, they see nothing but an overwhelming love that cannot be concealed.

In winter, snow turns both their hair white, as if they had grown old together. The young man gently brushes the snow from the young woman's hair. She smiles sweetly and says, "Doesn't this snow make us look like we've grown old together?" "It does," the young man replies with a smile...

But in the end, I realized I could no longer stand by her side.

I gave up everything for you, only to realize in the end that I had lost you, too...