In the eye of the Buddhist, every worldly affair is vain.

在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。

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Not like you, feeling panic so much in a petty frustration and intent deserting Tao to compromise with the worldly affair.

不像你们，一点挫折就恐慌成这样子，急着想弃道而与世俗之业妥协。

youdao

Therefore, he is not interested in worldly affair any more. This is why I seldom mentioned him when we talk about the state affairs.

因此有关人世间的俗事，他都不会再有兴趣，这也是当我们讨论国家大事时，甚少提及我老师的缘故。

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Politics must become a purely worldly affair.

政治必须成为一个纯粹的世俗事务。

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