5/14/2024「同心共善」善心法師網上禪修班 (粵語)

1. 幸福就在你身邊//
幸福變成你：
永久改變你的生活的指南
• 善心今攝
• May 14, 2024

2. 四無量心練習
慈心：願我身體健康。願我懂得照顧自己身體。
悲心：願我接受和懂得面對所有煩惱、痛苦、壓力。
願我對面對所有煩惱、痛苦、壓力不作出任何反應。
願我不作和說出任何傷害自己和他人的話。願我懂得愛惜自己。
o想起一位朋友，關注此人生活中的特定收穫或快樂來源。用以
下的短語來欣喜。
• 願你的幸福和好運不要離開你。願你的好運持續下去。
• 願我接受事物原本的樣子。願我讓人們成為他們本來的樣子。
• 願我不為一切事件的來去所驚動 。願我學會看透一切現象的
生起與滅去。願我開放、平衡、平和。

3. JJ McCarthy
Jan. 20, 2023-present
今年21歲

5. • I really just focus on my breath and that starts to connect me to the present moment a lot
faster.
我真的只專注於我的呼吸，這開始更快地將我與當下聯繫起來。
• I want to promote the practice to the rest of the world. I want to be able to have kids who look
up to me, see that and be like, ‘Hey let me try this out,’ and see it for themselves.
我想把這種做法推廣到世界其他地方。我希望能夠讓孩子們仰
望我，看到這一點，然後說，『嘿，讓我試試這個』，然後自
己去看。
• I know that in life storms are inevitable they're going to come no matter what.
我知道在生活中，暴風雨是不可避免的，無論如何它們都會到
來。
• Nobody goes through life just smooth sailing so I do whatever I can throughout the day to
prepare myself for those storms whether that's my meditation, how I treat my diet.
沒有人會一帆風順，所以我一整天都在盡我所能為那些風暴做
好準備，無論是我的冥想，還是我如何對待我的飲食。

6. 幸福就在你身邊//
幸福變成你：
上星期：第六章：人類革命
• 我試圖通過研究最好的營養、植物性飲食和整體療法來
使我的身體更健康。
• 當我們盡最大努力通過在所有行為中增加我們的自愛、
體貼和善良來提升自己時真正的內心革命。
• 內心的改變我們的思想//念頭、言語和行為必須有轉變，
意圖的改變。
• 我從來沒有抱怨過我的處境。
• 我從未放棄。

7. 第六章
人類革命
• The concept of human revolution, date back thousands of years to the Lotus
Sutra and to the earliest Buddhist philosophers who were his disciples.
人類革命的概念可以追溯到幾千年前的《法華經》和最早的佛
教哲學家，他們是佛陀的弟子。
• But it wasn’t until the 20thcentury, during World War II, that an educator in
Japan named Josei Toda began teaching about “human revolution.”
但直到20世紀二戰期間，日本一位名叫 Josei Toda 的教育家才
開始教授「人類革命」。
• Josei Toda became convinced that its wisdom would guide people to achieve a
revolution of the heart,
Josei Toda 深信， 《法華經》的智慧將引導人們實現心靈的革
命，
• which in turn would lead to a rejection of violence of any sort.
這反過來又會導致拒絕任何形式的暴力。

8. • Toda devoted his life to the cause of peace and was imprisoned for two years
by the militarist Japanese government for his unshakable antiwar stance.
Toda 畢生致力於和平事業，並因其不可動搖的反戰立場而被
日本軍國主義政府監禁兩年。
• I hope that this message will be as powerful a tool for you as it has been for
me.
我希望這個資訊對你來說是一個強大的工具，就像它對我一樣。

9. • My dear friend David Bowie, who had a lifelong interest in Buddhism, used to
call me a phoenix, the mythical bird who rises from the ashes.
我親愛的朋友大衛·鮑伊, David Bowie, 對佛教有著終生的興趣，
他曾經稱我為鳳凰，一種從灰燼中升起的神話鳥。
• I believe what he saw in me was none other than the regenerative power of
human revolution.
我相信他在我身上看到的不是別人，正是人類革命的再生力量。
• Rising from the ashes of my earlier life, I learned that our thoughts, words,
and deeds are unified through spiritual practice.
從我早年生活的灰燼中復活，我瞭解到我們的思想、言語和行
為是通過心靈修行統一起來的。

10. • They are made whole within us. 它們在我們裡面變得完整。
• And when our thoughts, words, and deeds are aligned with our most positive
intentions, magic happens.
當我們的思想、言語和行為與我們最積極的意圖保持一致時，
奇跡就會發生。
• We go from a limping, fragmented self to a soaring, unified self.
我們從一個一瘸(ke4)一拐(gwaai2)、支離破碎的自我變成了一個翱翔、
統一的自我。
• We become healed and whole, within and without.
我們變得醫治和完整，內在和外在。
• I learned how to heal myself through my spiritual practice of polishing my
life.
我學會了如何通過打磨我的生活的精神實踐來治癒自己。
• By studying the wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, I became my soul’s doctor.
通過學習《法華經》的智慧，我成為了我靈魂的醫生。

11. • I discovered how to break through the confines of the lower worlds and my
lesser self,
我發現了如何突破低級世界和小我的束縛，
• the private and isolated self that was a prisoner of fears, desires, and illusions.
私人和孤立的自我是恐懼、慾望和幻想的囚徒。
• I broke these chains by practicing self-mastery, self-reformation, and refining
my character.
我通過練習自我控制、自我改造和完善我的性格來打破這些枷
鎖。
• I learned to bow in deep respect to my own Buddha nature,
我學會了對自己的佛性深表敬意，
• and I found that when I bowed to the Buddha nature in others, just like facing
a mirror, they bowed in return.
我發現，當我向別人的佛性鞠躬/叩頭時，就像面對鏡子一樣，
他們也鞠躬/叩頭作為回報。

12. • Embracing the Quaker philosophy that no one individual should be prized
over another,
信奉[貴格會]的哲學 (是基督教新教的一個派別)，即任何人都
不應該比另一個人更受重視，
• I try to treat everyone with respect, regardless of their status or background. I
hope you do, too.
我試著尊重每個人，無論他們的地位或背景如何。我希望你也
這樣做。
• I’m convinced that anyone can transform the three poisons of humankind—
greed, anger, and foolishness—into altruism, compassion, and enlightenment.
我相信任何人都可以將人類的三種毒藥——貪婪、憤怒和愚蠢
——轉化為利他主義、慈悲和開悟。
• We can all move from the lower conditions of our inner life state to higher,
happier ones.
我們都可以從我們內在生活狀態的較低狀態轉移到更高、更快
樂的狀態。

13. • Rather, you can find it within yourself, beneath your own feet, so to speak.
相反，你可以在你自己內在，在你自己的腳下找到它，可以這
麼說。
• A well-known, ancient Buddhist passage says:
有一段著名的古代佛教經文說：
• “You are your own master. Could anyone else be your master? When you have
gained control over yourself, you have found a master of rare value.”
「你是你自己的主人。還有人能成為你的主人嗎？當你控制了
自己，你就找到了一位稀有價值的主人。」

14. 呼吸

15. • This passage urges us to live independently, true to ourselves and un-
swayed by others.
這段經文敦促我們獨立生活，忠於自己，不受他人影響。
• This greater, cosmic self is the Buddha nature, or Christ consciousness,
within every one of us.
這個更偉大的宇宙自我就是我們每個人內在的佛性，或
基督意識。
• It is what I believe Ralph Waldo Emerson envisioned when he wrote,
我相信這就是 拉爾夫·沃爾多·愛默生(Ralph Waldo
Emerson) 在寫道時所設想的：
• “the universal beauty, to which every part and particle is equally
related; the eternal One.”
「普遍之美，每個部分和粒子都與之同等相關; 永恆的那
一位。」

16. • When we experience a true revolution of the heart,
當我們經歷一場真正的內心革命時，
• we understand that differences of race, nationality, or culture do not
need to create divisions or confrontations.
我們明白，種族、國籍或文化的差異不需要造成分裂或
對抗。
• The limitations in our own hearts and minds tear us apart, from
ourselves and from others.
我們自己內心和思想的局限性使我們與自己和他人分開。

17. • I have witnessed people categorize others, or even themselves, through
the narrow lens of gender, age, nationality or ethnicity, habits,
personality, and more.
我親眼目睹了人們通過性別、年齡、國籍或種族、習慣、
個性等狹隘的視角對他人甚至自己進行分類。
• I’ve faced the obstacles of ageism, racism, sexism, and other forms of
prejudice; even nationalism.
我面臨著年齡歧視、種族主義、性別歧視和其他形式的
偏見的障礙;甚至民族主義。
• During my career comeback in the late 1970s and early 1980s,
在我 1970 年代末和 1980 年代初的職業生涯復出期間，
• when I performed all over the world, people asked why I, an American,
wanted to work in countries other than my homeland.
當我在世界各地演出時，人們問我為什麼，一個美國人，
想在我祖國以外的國家工作。
• My response was, “What’s nationality got to do with it?”
我的回答是，「國籍和它有什麼關係？」

18. • Thanks to my own hard-won revolution of the heart,
感謝我自己來之不易的內心革命，
• I now have positive, proud feelings about overcoming discrimination;
我現在對克服歧視有積極、自豪的感覺;
• but the scourge of divisiveness is still a prevalent, serious matter.
但是，分裂的禍害仍然是一個普遍的、嚴重的問題。
• We are all connected in some way to everyone and everything,
我們都以某種方式與每個人和每件事聯繫在一起，
• as we are all made up of the same sacred mystery of universal energy.
因為我們都是由宇宙能量的同一個神聖奧秘組成的。

19. • We are all made of stardust. 我們都是由星塵構成的。
• We are all children of God, related in Buddha consciousness,
我們都是神的兒女，在佛陀意識中是相關的，
• one extended family of living beings sharing a singular home, Earth.
一個由生物組成的大家庭，共用一個單一的家園，地球。
• I love when Beyoncé reminded the class of 2020 during her virtual
commencement address to “lead with heart.”
我喜歡碧昂絲在她的虛擬畢業典禮演講中提醒 2020 屆畢
業生「用[內]心領導。」
• I believe we must make kindness a practice, a vow, a commitment.
我相信我們必須把善良變成一種練習，一種誓言，一種
承諾。

20. • I do my best to treat everyone with kindness and respect,
我盡我所能以善良和尊重對待每個人，
• especially the hardworking people in the healthcare, retail, hospitality,
maintenance, and service industries.
尤其是醫療保健、零售、酒店、維護和服務行業的勤奮
人員。
• I know from fans who work in these jobs that they are often treated
unkindly.
我從從事這些工作的粉絲那裡瞭解到，他們經常受到不
友善的對待。

21. • When my friends Wayne and Ana Maria Shorter welcomed me and my
boys when we had no place to go,
當我的朋友 韋恩 和 安娜·瑪麗亞·肖特（Wayne and Ana
Maria Shorter）在我們無處可去時歡迎我和我的孩子們，
• I showed my gratitude and love by cooking healthful meals for them
and cleaning their home.
我通過為他們做健康的飯菜和打掃他們的家來表達我的
感激和愛。
• I enjoyed doing that for them and took pride in being of service.
我喜歡為他們做這件事，併為能為他們服務而感到自豪。

22. • I have deep gratitude and respect for my own staff, the wonderful
people who take care of me and my home.
我深深地感謝和尊重我自己的員工，照顧我和我的家的
好人。
• I compensate them well and I take every opportunity I can to show
them respect and appreciation,
我很好地補償了他們，並抓住一切機會向他們表示尊重
和讚賞，
• even if it’s just serving them water, or tea, or a sandwich. Although
they could get these things for themselves,
即使只是給他們提供水、茶或三明治。雖然他們可以自
己得到這些東西，
• I sometimes like to do it for them as an expression of loving kindness.
我有時喜歡為他們做這件事，以表達愛的慈心。

23. • I have always seen great value in practicing kindness.
我一直認為實踐善良[慈心] 是很有價值的。
• Although I had no money to buy gifts as a child, I gave my friends the
gift of song to cheer them up.
雖然我小時候沒有錢買禮物，但我還是把歌曲送給了朋
友們，讓他們振作起來。
• It costs nothing to be kind but could mean the world to those who
receive it.
善良不需要任何代價，但對那些接受它的人來說可能意
味著世界。

24. 呼吸

25. • Which takes us back to our human revolution.
這就把我們帶回到了人類的革命。
• If we don’t like the society we see around us,
如果我們不喜歡我們周圍看到的社會，
• the timeless Buddhist concept of the oneness of life and its
environment teaches that it’s up to us to change ourselves first.
永恆的佛教概念，即生命及其環境的一體性，教導我們
首先要改變自己。
• This means that we must be the change we wish to see.
這意思是我們必須成為我們希望看到的改變。

26. • We may think of ourselves and our surroundings as separate,
我們可能認為自己和周圍的環境是分開的，
• like islands that appear to be separated by vast stretches of water.
就像似乎被廣闊的水域隔開的島嶼。
• Yet, just as islands are connected to one another under the ocean
surface, we are all completely intertwined.
然而，正如島嶼在海面下相互連接一樣，我們都完全交
織在一起。

27. • Nichiren compared this interconnectedness, or oneness, of our life and
surroundings to our body and its shadow.
日蓮將我們的生活和周圍環境的這種相互聯繫或統一性
與我們的身體及其影子進行了比較。
• If you don’t like the way your shadow looks, how can you most easily
change it?
如果你不喜歡你的影子的樣子，你怎麼能最容易地改變
它呢？
• By moving yourself. 通過移動自己。
• This is a tremendously empowering insight.
這是一個非常有力的見解。

28. • It explains that everything around us, including our relationships and
our work, reflects our inner state of life.
它解釋說，我們周圍的一切，包括我們的人際關係和工
作，都反映了我們內心的生活狀態。
• And it encourages us to understand that we can transform any situation
through our own inner change.
它鼓勵我們明白，我們可以通過自己的內在改變來改變
任何情況。
• My heartfelt wish is that you and I, and everyone around the world,
我衷心祝願你和我，以及世界各地的每個人，
• will continue expanding our hearts and minds while celebrating our
differences and ridding ourselves of any form of discrimination.
將繼續擴大我們的內心和心，同時慶祝我們的差異並擺
脫任何形式的歧視。

29. • This, I believe, is a basic requirement for peace, both within ourselves
and in our societies.
我認為，這是我們內心和我們社會和平的基本要求。
• Through my Buddhist practice, I’ve come to see that every living being
has fundamental value.
通過我的佛教修行，我開始看到每個眾生都有根本的價
值。
• In realizing my own value, I recognize the value of all others.
在實現自己的價值時，我認識到所有其他人的價值。
• And I see that each of us is a microcosm of the world.
我看到我們每個人都是世界的縮影。

30. • By transforming ourselves, the microcosm, we contribute to changing
the shared karma and destiny of the whole human race and the natural
world we occupy, the macrocosm.
通過改變我們自己，微觀世界，我們有助於改變整個人
類和我們所佔據的自然世界，即宏觀世界的共同業力和
命運。
• That is the ultimate expression of human revolution.
這是人類革命的終極表現。
• There is no greater responsibility and honor than this.
沒有比這更大的責任和榮譽了。
第六章完。

31. 呼吸

32. Chapter Seven. Beyond Singing
第七章。超越歌唱
• I believe in heavenly signs and good omens from Mother Nature.
我相信來自大自然的天象和好兆頭。
• To me, rainbows symbolize peace, diversity, and awakenings.
對我來說，彩虹象徵著和平、多樣性和覺醒。
• This glorious rainbow heralded the arrival of my good friend Regula
Curti.
這道燦爛的彩虹預示著我的好朋友 Regula Curti 的到來。
• Sitting down to enjoy tea in my living room,
在客廳里坐下來喝茶，
• she explained that she had been developing an idea for an album of
Buddhist and Christian prayers to promote peace and understanding
among cultures.
她解釋說，她一直在構思製作一本佛教和基督教祈禱文
集，以促進不同文化之間的和平與理解。

33. • This would be the first album from Beyond Music, a multicultural
project Regula had founded the year before.
這將是 Beyond Music 的第一張專輯，這是 Regula 在前
一年創立的多元文化專案。
• Intriguing, I thought as my mind flashed back to a seer who many
years earlier had told me I’d someday work with an interfaith group of
women.
有趣的是，當我的腦海中閃回一位先知時，我想，他多
年前曾告訴我，有一天我會與一個跨信仰的女性團體一
起工作。
• These aspirations were dear to my heart, and I wanted to know more.
這些願望是我心中的珍貴，我想知道更多。

34. • She said that production of the album was already underway with the
Tibetan Buddhist singer Dechen Shak-Dagsay, who also lives by Lake
Zürich.
她說，這張專輯的製作已經在與藏傳佛教歌手 Dechen
Shak-Dagsay 合作，他也住在 Lake Zürich 湖邊。
• The previous year, I’d attended a wonderful event that Dechen and
Regula had facilitated—
前一年，我參加了一個由 Dechen 和 Regula 主持的精彩
活動——
• an interfaith dialogue between the Dalai Lama of Tibet and Abbot
Martin Werlen of Switzerland.
西藏達賴喇嘛與瑞士住持 Martin Werlen 之間的宗教間對
話。
• “That day of dialogue was so moving, that it inspired this album.”
Regula said.
Regula 說：「那天的對話是如此感人，以至於激發了這
張專輯的靈感。」

35. • One comment by the Dalai Lama that had resonated with her that day
was:
達賴喇嘛那天有一句話引起了她的共鳴：
• “It is important to be open and tolerant toward other beliefs, and
to always respect one another despite any differences between
religions.”
「重要的是要對其他信仰保持開放和寬容，儘管宗教之
間存在任何差異，但始終相互尊重。」
• Dechen and Regula carried that sentiment forward and were now
weaving together Buddhist and Christian mantras into an inspirational
album.
Dechen 和 Regula 將這種情緒發揚光大，現在正在將佛
教和基督教的咒語編織成一張鼓舞人心的專輯。
• As the recordings progressed, they realized the project would benefit
from a celebrity to help promote its messages.
隨著錄音的進行，他們意識到這個專案將受益於一位名
人來幫助宣傳其資訊。

36. • “This morning while I was meditating, I heard your voice, Tina.”
Regula continued.
Regular 繼續：「今天早上，當我在冥想時，我聽到了你
的聲音，Tina。
• But you weren’t singing—you were speaking, sharing a spiritual
message on the album.”
但你不是在唱歌——你是在說話，在專輯中分享一個屬
靈的資訊。」
• That was all I needed to know. 這就是我需要知道的一切。
• “I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time,” I told her.
「我等這一刻已經很久了，」我告訴她。
• “Since the 1980s, I’ve been saying that I’d someday do a spiritual
project. The moment is now. I want to be a part of it.”
「 自1980年代以來，我一直在說有一天我會做一個精神
專案。時機就是現在。我想成為其中的一部分。」

37. • The timing was perfect. 時機是完美的。
• I had just announced the final tour of my career, celebrating my fiftieth
year in music.
我剛剛宣佈了我職業生涯的最後一次巡演，慶祝我從事
音樂事業的五十周年。
• At the age of 69, I had committed to an ambitious tour schedule with
ninety shows around the world, and more than 1.2 million tickets sold.
在69歲的時候，我制定了一個雄心勃勃的巡演計劃，在
世界各地進行了90場演出，售出了超過120萬張門票。
• What a way to bring my career to a close!
為我的職業生涯畫上句號真是太好了！

38. • Preparations for my 50th Anniversary Tour were well underway when I
joined Regula’s team in the studio.
當我在工作室加入 Regula 的團隊時，我的 50 周年巡迴
演唱會的準備工作正在順利進行。
• I would have just enough time to complete my recordings for the
album before I departed for Missouri to launch the tour.
在我前往 [密蘇里州] 開始巡演之前，我有足夠的時間完成這張專
輯的錄音。
• I chose Missouri as the starting point for my farewell tour,
我選擇了 [密蘇里州] 作為我告別之旅的起點，
• since that’s where my professional career had begun exactly half a
century earlier.
因為那是我的職業生涯在半個世紀前開始的地方。

39. • The album, titled Buddhist and Christian Prayers, was to be released in
June 2009, about a month after my world tour ended.
這張名為《佛教與基督教祈禱》的專輯原定于2009年6月
發行，也就是我的世界巡迴演唱會結束大約一個月後。
• The fundamental spirit of the Beyond Music movement is unity in
diversity, which seamlessly aligns with my spiritual practice.
Beyond Music 運動的基本精神是多樣性的統一，這與我
的精神實踐無縫銜接。
• In the Soka Gakkai Buddhist tradition, a beautiful analogy for
appreciating diversity is the principle of “cherry, plum, peach, and
damson blossoms.”
在創價學會的佛教傳統中，欣賞多樣性的一個美麗比喻
是“櫻花、李子花、桃花和烏荊子李花”的原則。

40. 呼吸

41. 願以此功德
普及於一切
我等與眾生
皆共成佛道