Dayananda Saraswati: The profound journey of compassion

譯者: ke Liu 審譯者: Zhu Jie

A human child is born,

一個小孩降生了

and for quite a long time

在一段非常長的時期里

is a consumer.

他是個消耗社會資源的人

It cannot be consciously a contributor.

他不可能自覺地成為一名奉獻社會的人

It is helpless.

他是很無助的

It doesn't know how to survive,

他甚至不清楚怎樣去生存下來

even though it is endowed with an instinct to survive.

儘管生存的本能是與生俱來的

It needs the help of mother, or a foster mother, to survive.

他需要一位母親，或者是一位祖母的撫養才能生存下來

It can't afford to doubt the person who tends the child.

毋庸置疑，孩子需要專人來照料

It has to totally surrender,

但是長輩的照料終究會結束

as one surrenders to an anesthesiologist.

就好比人被麻醉了一樣

It has to totally surrender.

麻醉的效果終究會褪去

That implies a lot of trust.

這其中蘊含著深深的依賴

That implies the trusted person

这其中蕴含着被孩子依賴的人

won't violate the trust.

不会辜负这深深的信赖

As the child grows,

當小孩逐渐长大

it begins to discover

他開始發現

that the person trusted is violating the trust.

自己依賴的人辜負了這份依賴

It doesn't know even the word "violation."

他甚至不知道“依賴”這個詞語

Therefore, it has to blame itself,

因此 他開始責怪自己

a wordless blame,

無以言表的責怪

which is more difficult to really resolve --

是無濟於事的 責怪之後

the wordless self-blame.

依然是無以言表的自責

As the child grows to become an adult:

當孩子長大成人，

so far, it has been a consumer,

直到現在，他依然是一個消耗者

but the growth of a human being

然而每一個人的成長過程

lies in his or her capacity to contribute,

會賜予他（或者她）貢獻社會的能力

to be a contributor.

讓他（或者她）成為一個奉獻社會的人

One cannot contribute unless one feels secure,

一個人不會奉獻社會除非他感到沒有憂慮

one feels big,

他感到自己足夠強大

one feels: I have enough.

他感到 我有這個實力

To be compassionate is not a joke.

成為寬宏之人不是開玩笑的

It's not that simple.

它并沒有那麼簡單

One has to discover a certain bigness in oneself.

一個人必須發現自己確有把握的強人之處

That bigness should be centered on oneself,

這點強人之處應該在自己身上集中體現出來

not in terms of money,

而不是通過錢財體現

not in terms of power you wield,

也不是通過你掌控的權利體現

not in terms of any status that you can command in the society,

也不是通過在社會里命令他人的任何地位

but it should be centered on oneself.

而它應該是集中體現在自己身上的優秀品質

The self: you are self-aware.

這個自己，是個清醒的自己

On that self, it should be centered -- a bigness, a wholeness.

在那個自己身上 優秀品質應該集中體現 體現一個強大的自己 一個健全的自己

Otherwise, compassion is just a word and a dream.

否則 寬宏之心僅僅是一個詞彙和一個夢想而已

You can be compassionate occasionally,

你可以做到偶爾的寬宏大量

more moved by empathy

更多地是由於感情觸動所致

than by compassion.

相比真正的寬宏大量

Thank God we are empathetic.

感謝上帝讓我們人類是懂得憐憫的

When somebody's in pain, we pick up the pain.

當有人承受痛苦，我們一起分擔痛苦

In a Wimbledon final match,

在溫布爾頓網球公開賽上 決賽上

these two guys fight it out.

這兩名運動員奮力比賽

Each one has got two games.

他兩人每人都贏了兩局比賽

It can be anybody's game.

誰都可能成為贏家

What they have sweated so far has no meaning.

他們的揮汗如雨是毫無意義的

One person wins.

一個人贏得了比賽

The tennis etiquette is, both the players have to come to the net

比賽的規矩是兩名球員都必須來到網前

and shake hands.

並且握手

The winner boxes the air

勝者向上振臂示意

and kisses the ground,

而且親吻地板

throws his shirt as though somebody is waiting for it.

拋起他的運動衫好像有人在等著接到

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

And this guy has to come to the net.

而他必須來到網前

When he comes to the net,

當他來到網前

you see, his whole face changes.

你可以看見 他整個臉的表情都變了

It looks as though he's wishing that he didn't win.

看起來好像他贏了一場他不該贏的比賽

Why? Empathy.

爲什麽 憐憫之心

That's human heart.

這是人類的共性

No human heart is denied of that empathy.

富有人情的人都並不能拒絕這種憐憫之心

No religion can demolish that by indoctrination.

任何種族也不能通過教化破壞它

No culture, no nation and nationalism --

任何文化 國家 民族也不能破壞它

nothing can touch it

任何事物都不能修改它

because it is empathy.

因為它是憐憫之心

And that capacity to empathize

而憐憫他人的能力

is the window through which you reach out to people,

是你同他人深入交流的窗口

you do something that makes a difference in somebody's life --

是你可以影響他人生活的能力

even words, even time.

寬宏之心超越言語 超越時間

Compassion is not defined in one form.

寬宏之心沒有特定的形式

There's no Indian compassion.

不存在印度人的寬宏之心

There's no American compassion.

不存在美國人的寬宏之心

It transcends nation, the gender, the age.

它超越了國家 超越了等級 超越了年齡

Why? Because it is there in everybody.

爲什麽 因為它深深地埋藏在所有人的心中

It's experienced by people occasionally.

它偶然通過人們的行動體現出來

Then this occasional compassion,

但是這只是偶然的寬宏之舉

we are not talking about --

不是我們談論的真正的寬宏大量

it will never remain occasional.

真正的寬宏大量絕非偶然

By mandate, you cannot make a person compassionate.

你不能通過賦予委任的方式使得一個人寬宏大量

You can't say, "Please love me."

你不能說 “請愛我”

Love is something you discover.

愛是你要去找尋的東西

It's not an action,

愛不是一種舉動

but in the English language, it is also an action.

但是在英語里 它也是一個動作

I will come to it later.

我一會兒再解釋這點

So one has got to discover a certain wholeness.

因此人必須有完整的人格

I am going to cite the possibility of being whole,

我要講述一下擁有完整人格的潛力

which is within our experience, everybody's experience.

這潛力蘊含在我們的經歷中 每個人的經歷中

In spite of a very tragic life,

儘管存在悲慘的生活

one is happy in moments which are very few and far between.

有的人只在很少的時間感到幸福

And the one who is happy,

而只要這個人感到幸福

even for a slapstick joke,

哪怕是因為一個鬧劇

accepts himself and also the scheme of things in which one finds oneself.

也是自己接受自我 找尋自我的過程

That means the whole universe,

那意味著整個宇宙

known things and unknown things.

已知事物和未知事物

All of them are totally accepted

全部都可以被接納

because you discover your wholeness in yourself.

因為你找到的自身人格的完整

The subject -- "me" --

這個主題 我自己

and the object -- the scheme of things --

和這些客觀事物 找尋事物的方法

fuse into oneness,

溶為一體

an experience nobody can say, "I am denied of,"

擁有人生經歷的人不會說 我不同意

an experience common to all and sundry.

經歷都是一個整體

That experience confirms that, in spite of all your limitations --

經歷證實了這點 儘管你所有的局限

all your wants, desires, unfulfilled, and the credit cards

你所有的需求 渴望 未完成的事情 信用卡

and layoffs

還有你被解雇

and, finally, baldness --

而 最終 不幸的人

you can be happy.

你可以很幸福

But the extension of the logic is

但是邏輯的含義是

that you don't need to fulfill your desire to be happy.

你不必完成你全部的慾望去獲得幸福

You are the very happiness, the wholeness that you want to be.

你確實很幸福 你這個整體 使你感到幸福

There's no choice in this:

這別無選擇

that only confirms the reality

這只是證實了現實

that the wholeness cannot be different from you,

整個世界不會因你而變

cannot be minus you.

不會丟棄你

It has got to be you.

你必須做你自己

You cannot be a part of wholeness

你不能夠做整體的一部分

and still be whole.

同時又是整體

Your moment of happiness reveals that reality,

你幸福的時刻反映了現實

that realization, that recognition:

實現 酬勞

"Maybe I am the whole.

或許我就是全部

Maybe the swami is right.

或許swami是對的

Maybe the swami is right." You start your new life.

或許swami是對的 你應該開始你全新的生活

Then everything becomes meaningful.

每件事都充滿了意義

I have no more reason to blame myself.

我沒有任何理由去責備我自己

If one has to blame oneself, one has a million reasons plus many.

如果一個人要去責備自己 他可以有一百萬個理由

But if I say, in spite of my body being limited --

但是如果我說 儘管我的身體是受限的

if it is black it is not white, if it is white it is not black:

如果是黑皮膚 就不能是白皮膚 如果是白皮膚 就不能是黑皮膚

body is limited any which way you look at it. Limited.

不論你從哪方面看身體都是有不足的 是有限制的

Your knowledge is limited, health is limited,

你的知識有限 健康有限

and power is therefore limited,

力量因此也有限

and the cheerfulness is going to be limited.

而高興也會有限

Compassion is going to be limited.

寬宏大量會有限

Everything is going to be limitless.

所有事物都有限制

You cannot command compassion

你不能命令寬宏大量

unless you become limitless, and nobody can become limitless,

除非你變得寬宏大量 要不沒人會變得寬宏大量

either you are or you are not. Period.

這取決于你自己 這段講完了

And there is no way of your being not limitless too.

而你可以自己努力不那麼受限制

Your own experience reveals, in spite of all limitations, you are the whole.

你自己的經歷反映出 儘管有很多限制 你還是一個整體

And the wholeness is the reality of you

而整體就是你的現實性

when you relate to the world.

當你和世界有聯繫時

It is love first.

首先是愛

When you relate to the world,

當你和世界有聯繫時

the dynamic manifestation of the wholeness

整體的活力的表現

is, what we say, love.

就是我們所說的愛

And itself becomes compassion

而它自己會成為寬宏之舉

if the object that you relate to evokes that emotion.

如果你接觸到的事物使你觸發了那種情感

Then that again transforms into giving, into sharing.

然後情感通過給予和分享傳遞

You express yourself because you have compassion.

你表達自己因為你有憐憫之心

To discover compassion, you need to be compassionate.

要找到寬宏之心 你需要寬宏大量一些

To discover the capacity to give and share,

要找到給予和分享的能力

you need to be giving and sharing.

你需要善於給予和分享

There is no shortcut: it is like swimming by swimming.

沒有捷徑 就像通過練習游泳來學習游泳

You learn swimming by swimming.

你通過練習游泳來學習游泳

You cannot learn swimming on a foam mattress and enter into water.

你不能在一個泡沫床墊上然後到水中學習游泳

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

You learn swimming by swimming. You learn cycling by cycling.

你通過練習游泳學習游泳 你通過練習騎車來學習騎車

You learn cooking by cooking,

你通過做飯來學習廚藝

having some sympathetic people around you

然後周圍同情你的人

to eat what you cook.

就品嘗你做的飯

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

And, therefore, what I say,

那麼 因此 正如我說

you have to fake it and make it.

你必須假裝去做

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

You need to.

你需要這麼做

My predecessor meant that.

我之前的話是這個意思

You have to act it out.

你必須實現它

You have to act compassionately.

你必須做事有寬宏之心

There is no verb for compassion,

沒有寬宏的動詞

but you have an adverb for compassion.

但是你可以寬宏地做事

That's interesting to me.

這很有趣

You act compassionately.

你寬宏地處事

But then, how to act compassionately if you don't have compassion?

但是如果你沒有寬宏之心怎麼做寬宏之事

That is where you fake.

那就需要你假裝了

You fake it and make it. This is the mantra of the United States of America.

你假裝然後做出來 這是美利堅合眾國的頌歌

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

You fake it and make it.

你假裝然後做出來

You act compassionately as though you have compassion:

你憐憫處事就像你有寬宏之心一樣

grind your teeth,

咬緊牙關

take all the support system.

和你所有的支援一起

If you know how to pray, pray.

如果你知道怎麼祈禱 那就祈禱吧

Ask for compassion.

找尋寬宏之心

Let me act compassionately.

讓我處事寬宏大量吧

Do it.

行動吧

You'll discover compassion

你會找到寬宏之心

and also slowly a relative compassion,

而且也會慢慢的相對的寬宏大量

and slowly, perhaps if you get the right teaching,

慢慢的 或許你接受了正確的指引

you'll discover compassion is a dynamic manifestation

你會發現寬宏之心是活力的源泉

of the reality of yourself, which is oneness, wholeness,

是你現實自身的活力源泉 是獨一無二 完整的

and that's what you are.

這就是你自己

With these words, thank you very much.

就講到這裡 非常感謝

(Applause)

（掌聲）