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翻译人员: Belle Heng 校对人员: Yanyan Hong

Why is it so hard

为什么改变我们文明的方向

to change the direction of our civilization?

是如此困难的一件事？

I'd like to suggest that what's missing at this point

我想说，我们当下所需要的

is not more facts and information or even technology.

不是更多的事实、信息或科技，

We have more than enough.

这些东西我们已经够多了。

What's missing is insight.

我们缺少的是慧眼。

My teacher, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh,

我的老师，一行禅师 （Thich Nhat Hanh）禅师曾说，

has said that if we haven't yet changed our way of living,

如果我们还未改变生活的方式，

it's because the awakening isn't strong enough.

那是因为我们的觉醒还不够强。

We can't hope to change the world

我们不能指望世界被改变

if we can't change our own way of seeing things,

若我们不能改变我们看待事物的方式，

our consciousness.

和我们的觉悟。

But how can we do this?

但我们要怎么做呢？

In the Zen tradition,

在禅的传统观念里，

we know that awakening doesn't happen only with the intellect.

我们知道觉醒并不仅发生在智力上。

We need to engage our whole being

我们需要调动我们的身心，

right in the heart of the present moment.

聚焦于当下。

And a very simple way to do this

而最简单的方式

is with the practice of mindful walking,

是练习“正念行走”， 这是一种强大的冥想方法

a powerful meditation

that doesn't require hard labor or even extra time.

且不需要辛苦的劳动， 甚至消耗额外的时间。

Do you remember the first steps you took outside this morning?

你还记得今早出门时迈出的第一步吗？

The feel of the ground underfoot,

脚踏实地的感受，

the fall of the light,

阳光倾洒下来的暖意，

the quality of the air.

空气的清新。

Do you remember the first tree on your way?

你还记得路上看到的第一棵树吗？

Life is there for us, but the question is,

生活就在我们身边，但问题是

are we there for life?

我们有好好生活吗？

Perhaps this morning we had something more important to do.

也许今早我们有更重要的事情去做。

Perhaps we were in a hurry.

也许我们当时非常匆忙。

Many of us have a feeling that we are running out of time.

我们许多人都觉得时间不够用。

But when we rush to do something,

然而在我们急匆匆去做一件事时，

are we saving time

我们是在节约时间

or are we losing it?

还是在浪费时间？

There is a lot that is urgent,

有很多事是紧急的，

but in order to take the kind of radical, decisive action

但为了做出这个世界所需的

that our planet is calling for,

坚决而果断的举动，

we need to be fully present,

我们需要扎根于当下，

grounded and alert,

保持踏实和警觉，

fearless and free.

既无畏，又自由。

It is our way of being

是我们存在的方式

that has got us into our current crises,

导致我们陷入了当下的困境，

and it is our way of being that can get us out.

而也只有我们存在的方式， 才能将我们从中解救出来。

Mindful walking can help.

“正念行走”能提供很大帮助。

We really feel the contact between our feet and the ground.

我们能真正感受到脚掌 与地面的接触。

And we enjoy the harmony between our breathing

我们体会呼吸 与步伐之间的和谐。

and our steps.

With each step, we arrive into our body,

每走一步，我们都感受自己的身体，

into the present moment.

感受当下的时刻。

And we become fascinated by the whole experience of walking.

在这过程中，我们会 感受到“正念行走”的魅力。

And for those of us who are physically unable to walk,

而对于身体残疾而不能行走的人们

perhaps we are in a wheelchair,

也可以借助轮椅

we enjoy the experience of moving through space.

享受移动的过程。

And we open up our senses to the sky,

我们对天空，对树木， 以及身边的人敞开感官，

to the trees, to the people around us,

or simply to the hum of life in the city.

甚是去感受城市生活的嘈杂声。

And we have a chance to wake up

我们也有机会去觉醒

to what is going on, in us and around us.

去意识到我们的身边， 或是体内正发生着什么。

And in the Zen tradition,

在禅的世界里，

we also use questions to help us wake up.

我们也可以借助提问来觉醒。

To help spark awakening.

来激发活力。

And today I would like to offer you three.

而今天，我想给你提三个问题。

The first question is:

第一，

Who are you?

你是谁？

Who are you?

你是谁？

Say you're walking to do something.

假如你正行走着去做什么事情。

Perhaps something very important.

也许是十分重要的事情

Something that may be the right thing to do

一件可能是正确的 但又十分艰巨的事情。

but very hard.

Ask yourself.

问问你自己。

Who is walking to do this?

是谁正要去做这件事？

Can you see that you are, in fact,

你能否发现你自己，实际上，

an entire lineage of parents,

代表着一整个世代，

grandparents and ancestors?

你的父母、祖父母、祖先。

We carry all of them within us.

我们与他们共同前行着。

Their qualities and their weaknesses.

带着他们的品质和弱点。

Their hopes, their regrets, their fears.

带着他们的希望、悔恨和恐惧。

Each one of us is in some way an ambassador of our species.

某种意义上， 我们都是我们种族的代言人。

And as we walk, we have a chance to activate the best of ourselves.

每一次行走时， 我们都能觉醒最好的自己。

The qualities of awakening.

觉醒的品质，

Endurance.

忍耐力，

Compassion.

同情心，

Generosity.

慷慨大方，

Fearlessness and hope.

无所畏惧并充满希望。

And going further, as we walk, we realize

我们越走，越能意识到

that we embody millions of years of evolution.

我们身上展现了物种几百万年的进化。

Each one of us is nothing less than a representative of the planet.

我们每个人都能代表这个星球。

A child of the Earth.

地球的孩子。

In this very moment,

此时此刻，

we are all made of Earth, sun and stars.

我们都由地球、太阳和恒星所组成，

Mountains and rivers, savannahs and rainforests.

也都由山脉和河流、 草原和雨林所组成。

It is impossible for us to be without all these elements.

我们不能没有这些元素，

And realizing this is to see with the insight of interbeing.

要认识到这点则需要慧眼。

This isn't just intellectual knowledge.

这不仅仅是知识。

But the living insight that you and I,

但你和我都知道，

we are much more than we think.

我们比我们想象的都强大的多。

And this is an immense source of love and strength

这就是爱和力量的强大源泉，

as we take action in the here and now.

若我们此时此地采取行动。

Which brings us to question number two.

这就引出了第二个问题。

Where are you?

你究竟在哪？

Are you here?

你在这里吗？

Are you now?

你现在此刻吗？

Do you feel at home in yourself, relaxed and at ease?

当你回家了你会感觉到放松吗？

Or is there still some restlessness, perhaps a little agitation?

还是会感到有一点不安， 甚至有点焦虑？

We may feel distracted, preoccupied.

我们可能会感到心烦意乱、心不在焉。

There are those who say we are too much in the present,

有人说我们太过于活在当下，

not planning enough for the future.

而不为未来做好足够的打算。

But there's a difference between being alert and awake to what is going on

但在我们的工作或项目中

and being lost in our work or projects,

警觉和清醒之间还是有区别的

or drowning ourselves in consuming

或者沉浸在消费中

to cover up, escape from or numb ourselves

去掩盖、逃避已经做过的事

to what is actually happening.

来麻木自己。

Training our body and mind

训练我们的心智

to be fully present in the here and now

来提升此时此地的自己

is essential to our survival

对我们的生活

and to the future we are creating.

以及我们正在创造的未来至关重要。

It is in the present and only in the present

它就在现在，且只在现在

that we can truly nourish our happiness

可以真正的让我们感受到幸福，

and handle and take care of our pain and our suffering.

以及应对并照顾 我们所经历的痛苦和挣扎。

For example, in this moment,

例如说，此刻，

if each of us takes time to really breathe in

若我们每个人都花一点时间去深呼吸

and come back to our body,

并回到自己的身心，

we may find tension.

我们可能会感到紧张。

And right now, on an out breath,

而现在，呼气的时候，

we have a chance to release that tension.

我们有了机会去释放那个情绪。

This is possible right away.

这立刻就有效。

If we come back to ourselves in this moment

如果此时我们将目光转移到自己，

and we find sadness,

并发现悲感，

we have a chance to embrace it.

我们有机会去拥抱它。

If we find fear,

如果我们发现恐惧，

anger, despair,

怒气，失望，

we have a chance to accompany it,

我们有机会与它为伴，

to be with it

去和它一起，

and to look deeply into what it is telling us.

并深入研究它告诉了我们什么。

Our suffering contains within it the suffering of our world.

我们的挣扎 包含在了这世界的挣扎里。

The violence, the destruction,

暴力，破坏，

the discrimination and exploitation

歧视和剥削，

that is going on right now across our planet.

这些正在我们的星球上发生。

We are doing real harm

我们正对彼此以及所有的物种

to one another and to all species.

产生真正的伤害。

And the more we realize this, the more we awaken to this,

我们越意识到这些， 就会越发的醒悟，

we want to do something to help,

我们想要做一些挽救

to transform the situation.

来改变现在的状况。

But this requires a tremendous source of energy.

但是这需要强大的支持。

And where can we ever find enough energy?

而我们在哪能获得这样的支持呢？

In the Buddhist tradition,

在佛教传统中，

we know that our intention, our deepest aspiration,

我们知道我们的意图， 我们的抱负，

is an immense source of energy.

就是最强大的支持。

Which brings us to question number three.

这就引出了第三个问题。

What do you want?

你想要什么？

What do you really want?

你真正想要的是什么？

What is most important to you?

什么对你来说最重要？

This is not only about doing, this is also about being.

这不仅仅是怎么做， 也是究竟该怎么持续下去。

It is possible to be firmly rooted in the present moment,

我们可以牢牢扎根于当下，

and yet motivated, energized by a deep desire,

却被一种强烈的欲望所激励，

a deep love to contribute something positive.

一种积极贡献的热爱。

And wherever we choose to make our contribution,

而不论我们选择在哪里做出贡献，

our task is to do our best in that spot

我们的任务是在那做到最好，

and we will have peace.

并获取平衡。

Even the simplest act born from love

甚至是爱所带来的最简单的举动

resonates without limit.

引起了无限的共鸣。

So we're walking.

我们一直向前。

And we can arrive into our life

我们可以在每一个阶段

at every step.

享受我们的生活。

And we get to ask ourself,

我们能够问自己，

Is this how I want to live my life?

这就是我想要的生活吗？

Life is short,

生命很短暂，

and each one of us needs to identify

我们每个人都需要确认

and nurture our deepest aspiration,

和培育我们最初的抱负，

rekindle it if necessary

我们一定要重拾起它

and find a community of friends and allies who share the same dream.

并找到一个拥有 共同梦想的朋友和盟友。

And with the insight of interbeing,

通过互相深入的观察，

we see that we're not a small me realizing our dream,

我们发现我们不是孤独一人实现梦想，

but a vast us.

而是无穷无尽的我们。

And we arrive at our destination

每一步中 我们到达了目的地。

in every step.

So who am I?

所以我是谁?

Where am I?

我在哪里？

And what do I want?

我想要什么？

The act of asking these three questions in the heart of our daily life,

在我们日常生活中提出这三个问题，

as we walk,

我们向前进时，

will help us to wake up.

会帮助我们觉醒。

Because the fact is,

因为事实就是

if we keep going in the direction we are going,

如果我们一直沿着我们朝着的方向走时，

there is no doubt our civilization will end soon.

毫无疑问 我们的文明很快就要结束了。

Many civilizations have ended, and ours is no different.

许多文明已经结束， 我们的文明也不例外。

And if our awakening to this truth is not strong enough,

若我们对这个真理的觉悟不够强烈，

our actions will not be strong enough

我们的行动还不算有效

to heal ourselves and to protect our Earth.

来治愈我们自己 以及保护我们的地球。

We need to see the suffering, the truth, in order to get the awakening.

我们需要看到那些挣扎、真相， 才能真正的醒悟。

There's a deep connection between the two.

这两者有很深的联系。

We can't help if we're numb or if we're overwhelmed.

如果我们麻木或者不知所措， 我们就无能为力了。

Only when we dare to feel in our body

只有在我们敢于用身体去感受

what all these facts,

这所有的事实， 所有的这些信息时，这意味着

all this information means,

will we truly awaken

我们是否会真正的醒悟 生命的珍贵，

to the preciousness of life.

And to the danger we are in.

以及我们身处的危险。

And we have the spiritual strength; we need to do this.

而我们有精神上的力量； 我们需要这样做。

Mindful breathing and walking

深呼吸并继续向前走

can give us stability and non-fear.

可以给我们稳定性和不怕困难的勇气。

Being in contact with nature

与大自然接触

lifts our spirits and heals our soul.

能振奋我们的精神，治愈我们的灵魂。

The Earth, our ancestors and our descendants,

地球，我们的祖先和后代

they are all here with us in this moment.

他们此刻都在我们的身边。

Giving us clarity to see the truth

让我们能看清真相，

and courage to take radical loving action.

以及勇气来采取激进的爱的行动。

And with this awakening and this spiritual strength,

有了这种醒悟和精神力量，

it is possible for us to act

我们能采取行动

with the urgency of today

带着此时的紧迫感，

and also with the freedom of eternity.

还有永恒的自由。

Thank you.

谢谢。

(Applause)

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