正念|一行禅师:如何爱自己 How do I love myself?
2014年5月 法国梅村
一行禅师答问
我应该如何爱自己?
How do you love yourself?
如何爱自己?
First of all,
首先
you breathe in...
吸气……
(laughter)
(众笑)
mindfully...
带着正念……
and you become aware
你就会觉知到
that you have a body.
你有一个身体
Breathing in, I know I have a body.
吸气,我觉知到我有一个身体
The body is a very important part of yourself.
身体是组成“你”的一个很重要部分
You spend two hours with your computer,
你在电脑上耗费两个钟头
you are stressful,
感觉到有压力
and you don't know how to stop
你不知道如何停止
and you forget completely that you have a body
你彻底忘记了自己还有一个身体
during these two hours.
整整两个小时
You are looking for something
你寻求着某个东西
in the future
向未来寻求
in your work
在工作中寻求
while your body suffers.
但是你的身体却在受累
So the first act of love is
所以爱自己的首要行动就是
to breathe in and to go home to your body
吸气,并且回归自己的身体
Breathing in...
吸气……
I know I have a body.
我知道我有一个身体
Hello, body!
哈罗,身体!
I'm home!
我回来了!
I'll take care of you.
我会照顾好你的
So to be aware of body,
所以觉知身体
is to... the beginning of love.
这就是…爱的开端
And when mind is home to body,
当心回归到自身
mind and body are established in the here and the now.
身心便在当下安住了
And you might notice two things...
你可能会意识到两件事……
With the practice of mindful breathing,
当你修习正念呼吸的时候
the first thing you notice is that
你首先会意识到
your body is a wonder.
你的身体是个奇迹
You have to rediscover
你必须重新发现
that your body is a wonder.
你的身体是个奇迹
Biologists and others have been trying to understand the body
生物学家和其他人一直在探索人的身体
that is a masterpiece of the cosmos.
身体是宇宙的杰作
The body is a wonder.
身体是奇迹
The body is the seat of consciousness
身体是意识的基石
the consciousness of the cosmos.
是宇宙意识的基石
And you don't know the value of your body.
你还没人认识到你身体的价值
Your body contains all information of the history of the cosmos.
你的身体包含着宇宙的全息图景
In every cell of your body
你身体的每一个细胞
you can recognize the presence of your ancestors.
都是你祖先的呈现,你可以去认识
Not only human ancestors.
祖先不仅仅是人类
but animal, vegetal and mineral ancestors.
祖先也可以是动物、植物和矿物质
And all your ancestors are still alive in your body,
你所有的祖先都活在你的身体里
with their weakness and with their strength.
他们的弱点,他们的力量
You might have taken your body for granted,
你可能把自己的身体视为理所当然
but it is a wonder.
但是它是