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頂禮 薄伽梵 智及維摩詰 師尊,
頂禮 歴代聖祖師佛,
感謝 薄伽梵 智及維摩詰 師尊慈悲恩賜弟子積功德。弟子願把所有功德迴向所有眾生。
敬愛的 師尊:您好!
以下是〝一個博客中提到我們的浴佛節〞的中文翻譯。弟子初步翻譯後,金剛法幢長老為弟子較對和修改,把不通的中文修改以及翻譯得更正確。
謝謝 師尊!
弟子 金剛禪敏 敬叩
2011-06-03
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但是 Kate,一本厚聖經的問題在於它是多麼會吸收的。
The thing about thick bibles though, Kate, is that they’re so absorbent.
星期日我應嫂子的邀請去參加了金剛禪佛教的佛陀生日慶祝。作為一位天主教下撫養的我不是為了精神上之需要而去的(我現在是不可知論者),而是我好奇和希望把這個活動跟我在天主教的經驗相比較。
I went to Jin-Gang-Dhyana Buddhism on Sunday at the invitation of my sister in law to celebrate Buddha’s Birthday. Now, raised a practicing Catholic I went not out of some spiritual necessity (I’m agnostic now) but because I was curious to compare this event with my experiences in Catholicism.
真是大開眼界!當時有很多貴賓的發言,雖然的確有點悶,但我明白到佛教是宣講智慧之言應以它們的正面精神去聽從和吸收的。
What an eye opener! There was a lot of talking from dignitaries, which was a bit boring, but I understood that Buddhism preaches words of wisdom should be heeded and absorbed in the good spirit in which they’re given.
當時也有舞龍,有一些很莊嚴和正規的儀式活動,有歌唱表演,也有一位六歲的〝小活佛〞完美熟練地演出莫扎特K330鋼琴奏鳴曲。那真是好極!
There was also dancing dragons, some very solemn and formal ceremonial things, some singing, and an amazing performance from a six year old “Living Buddha” who played Mozart note perfect. That was seriously unreal.
但是在整個過程之中都有歡笑、講笑和包容性,盡管我只穿了polo 恤和牛仔褲。當時有大概500人出席,我們都吃了生日蛋糕和收到禮物—真是令人驚喜。
Right through it all though was laughing and joking and inclusiveness, no matter that I was dressed in jeans and a polo shirt. There was like 500 people there, and we all had birthday cake and got presents - it was amazing.
但是最重要的,就是他們讚揚了上帝(天主教的那個),他們向土著社團致敬,也向其它文化致敬。
Most of all, though, is that they praised God (the Catholic one), they gave respect to the aboriginal community, and also some other cultures.
跟這個情況相比,我所有的天主教的回憶都是刻板的,在那裡我們被教導:只是上帝才是對的,我們都是不值得榮譽的人,而只是通過崇拜上帝我們才有價值。反而,佛教徒似乎都說,只要我們對身邊的人好,做到心胸開放、誠實、友善和支持的,這個能量就流動在我們相互和宇宙之中,普遍地令一切都好。
Compared to that, my Catholic memories were all formal, where we were taught that only God had it right and that none of us were worthy, and only through worship would we become worthy. Rather, the buddhists seemed to be saying that so long as we do good by our neighbours, be open and honest and friendly and supportive, that this energy flows between all of us and the universe and generally makes everything okay.
我現在沒有患上任何意外的啟示,但是那個活動打開了我的眼睛,看到了英國聖公會信仰所錯之處。
I’m not suffering any revelations, but gee that opened my eyes to what Anglican faiths gets so wrong.
OP,你是可以成為任何你希望成為的人,但是我留意到在你文章之中到有兩、三次提到關於〝不夠正常〞。正如 Kate 所講的,你這樣本是很好,不要讓教會告訴你不夠好。我毫不懷疑這並非上帝希望你得到的理念——祂愛你的本來面目,你應樂在其中。
OP, you can be whoever you want, but I noted two or three times in your piece where you say about being “less than normal”. As Kate rightly says, you’re just dandy exactly the way you are, stop allowing the church to tell you you’re not good enough. I have no doubt that’s not the message God wants you to understand - he loves you just as you are, and you should joy in that. |
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