A day of death is better than a birthday; a living dog is better than a dead lion; a grave is better than poverty. What does this sentence mean?

Personal understanding: When a person dies, he has suffered the sins of this life in this world and is temporarily freed; when he is born, he has to suffer the sins of this life, so it is said that a death day is better than a birthday. Buddhists and Taoists, especially practitioners, think about death rather than life. When they come, they don’t ask, and don’t care about how they came. They care about how they walked and how they died. When you die, it’s best not to suffer. This breath is hard to swallow!

A living dog symbolizes our body. No matter how broken, weak, or worthless, it is still alive and can do some good deeds and merits. It is definitely better than a dead, strong or dead lion. .

The poor move their homes, the rich move their graves. Ancient books say, "If you want your family to be prosperous, you should give top priority to ghosts and gods." Respecting ghosts and gods is also a manifestation of filial piety. Whose family has no dead people? Moving is for one's own livelihood, while moving graves is for filial piety, which is naturally different.