Caveat: 49) 나만을 생각하여 산과 바다를 더럽히며 살아 온 어리석음을 참회하며 절합니다

“I bow in repentance of all the stupidity which comes alive to dirty the mountains and the sea [by] thinking of only myself.”

This is #49 out of a series of 108 daily Buddhist affirmations that I am attempting to translate with my hands tied behind my back (well not really that, but I’m deliberately not seeking out translations on the internet, using only dictionary and grammar).


47. 세상의 물을 더럽히며 살아 온 어리석음을 참회하며 절합니다.
        “I bow in repentance of all the stupidity which comes alive to dirty the world’s water.”
48. 나만을 생각하여 하늘과 땅을 더럽히며 살아 온 어리석음을 참회하며 절합니다.
        “I bow in repentance of all the stupidity which comes alive to dirty heaven and earth [by] thinking of only myself.”
49. 나만을 생각하여 산과 바다를 더럽히며 살아 온 어리석음을 참회하며 절합니다.

I would read this forty-ninth affirmation as: “I bow in repentance of all the stupidity which comes alive to dirty the mountains and the sea [by] thinking of only myself.”

This is really a repeat of the last one, with the nouns-to-be-dirtied switched out.

Speaking of dirtied mountains and sea, today is the 21st anniversary of the day I signed the paperwork in which I joined the US Army.

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