1. 这是上座部佛教国家通报亲人去世的用语；不过我在此引用这个偈句，非是作为讣告的开端，仅是为了介绍本文的主题── sankhara这个词本身。
Is the phrase used in Theravada Buddhist lands to announce the death of a loved one, but I have not quoted this line here in order to begin an obituary. I do so simply to introduce the subject of this essay, which is the word sankhara itself.