happy life, keep the commandments”; but he too mentioned life alone, and said, If you wish to attain to life, keep the commandments. So that life spent in torments is not life; and that life alone is such, which is happy or blessed; nor can it be blessed or happy, unless it’s eternal. That’s why that rich man, knowing that he was being badgered every day by the fear of death, was seeking eternal life. Because, as it seemed to him, he was already enjoying a happy life. After all, he was rich, and