Strictly speaking Tara was not made to be worshipped, but to be a focus for meditation on the qualities she embodies-compassion and the power to save.

严格说来，度母像并非用于信徒膜拜，而是为了让人对它所代表的慈悲为怀与法力无边进行想。

I hoped that the grief which now seemed intolerable would be softened by the lapse of time, and a merciful forgetfulness would help him to take up once more the burden of life.

我希望随着时间的流逝，现在他觉得无法忍受的悲痛会逐减轻，记忆会逐；老天是以慈悲为怀的！他终究会再度挑起生活的担子来的。