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everything is preordained; nothing happens by chance
A Buddhist proverb meaning that even the smallest encounters are the result of karma from past lives; often used to express that meetings and events are not coincidental.
「一樹の陰一河の流れも他生の縁」という言葉があるように、人との出会いはすべて意味があるのだろう。
As the saying goes, 'Even the shade of a single tree and the flow of a single river are due to karma from a previous life,' so every encounter must have meaning.
A Buddhist proverb; the exact historical origin is uncertain, but it reflects the concept of karma and interconnectedness across lifetimes.