Proverbs that start with 「L」
Lion cub drop
The legend that a lion throws its newborn cub into a deep valley and raises only the ones that can climb back up serves as a metaphor for making one's children struggle to test their abilities and raising them strictly.
Seek life amidst death.
To seek a way to live even in a hopeless situation where death seems to be the only option.
The poor die.
If only I were alive, how good things could have been, but once you die, there’s nothing that can be done. It is the dead who suffer the most loss.
Ignorance is bliss.
If you know, you become agitated, worried, or sad, but if you don’t know, you can remain unaffected and calm like a Buddha.
If you eliminate your mind's distractions, even fire feels cool.
Reaching a state of mind free from regret and thought means that one can endure any pain by adjusting their mindset, even to the point of not feeling heat from fire.
Patience pays off.
If we compare patience to a tree, it can be said to be a tree that bears fruit like money. If you work diligently and patiently, you will eventually succeed and build wealth.
"Deathbed Nembutsu"
When in good health, one forgets their faith, but at the moment of death, they chant sutras and cling to Buddha.
The dead cannot speak.
Even if you attribute an innocent crime to the dead, it cannot be clarified.
A boy who does not learn will not know in old age.
It means that because one may struggle due to ignorance when they grow older, they should strive to study while they are young.
If your face is distorted, don’t be angry at the mirror.
When you are pointed out the truth, it is misplaced to get angry at the person who pointed it out. It can't be helped because that's the way the facts are.