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你哪里穷了？——其实，你已经有超过1000万的财富……
2018-04-27 索达吉堪布 国际佛学网
其实，你并不穷
In fact, you are not poor at all
我们不要整天抱怨得不到什么，而应当珍惜现在已拥有的。
We should stop complaining that we have nothing but rather cherish what we have now.
当你身体健康，可以自由地呼吸空气时；
Imagine: When you’re healthy, you can breathe air easily;
当你衣食无忧，用不着忍饥挨饿时；
when you have your basic needs met, you do not starve.
当你早上睁开眼睛，可以看到太阳的灿烂笑容时……
when you open your eyes in the morning, you see the bright smile of the sun;
你有没有想过，你的幸福，已经超过这世上很多人了？
Don’t you think you’re luckier than many others in the world?
有一个年轻人，老是埋怨自己时运不济，发不了财，终日愁眉不展。
A young man always felt he was down on his luck and could never make big money. Thus, he constantly looked gloomy with a knitted brow.
一天，走过来一位须发皆白的老人问他：“年轻人，你为什么不快乐？”
One day an old man with frosty hair and beard came by and asked, “Young man, why are you so glum?”
“我不明白，为什么我总是这么穷！”
“Well, I don’t understand. Why do I have to be so poor?”
“穷？你很富有嘛。”老人由衷地说。
“Poor? Nay, you’re quite rich,” said the old man in all sincerity.
年轻人不解：“这从何说起？”
Puzzled, the young man asked, “How can that be?”
老人反问道：“假如现在斩掉你一个手指头，给你1千元，你干不干？”
The old man replied with a question, “Now, if I offer you a thousand dollars for one of your fingers, would you chop it off for me?”
“不干。”年轻人斩钉截铁地回答。
“Nope,” the young man replied definitively.
“假如砍掉你一只手，给你1万元，你干不干？”
“What if I offer you ten thousand dollars for one of your hands, would you allow me to cut it off?”
“不干。”
“No way.”
“假如让你双眼都瞎掉，给你10万元，你干不干？”
“How about a hundred thousand dollars for both of your eyes—deal?”
“不干。”
“No.”
“假如让你马上变成80岁的老人，给你100万，你干不干？”
“What if I offer you a million dollars to turn you into an eighty-year-old man immediately; would that be acceptable?”
“不干。”
“Never.”
“假如让你马上死掉，给你1000万，你干不干？”
“How about ten million dollars for your life; would you be willing to die right away?”
“不干。”
“Absolutely not.”
“这就对了，你已经拥有超过1000万的财富，为什么还哀怨自己贫穷呢？”
“That’s it—you are now in possession of ten million dollars, so why do you still lament being poor?”
老人笑吟吟地问。
The old man asked, smiling.
青年愕然无言，突然什么都明白了。
The young man was rendered speechless. But all of a sudden, he got the point.
我们不要整天抱怨得不到什么，而应当珍惜现在已拥有的。
We should stop complaining that we have nothing, but, instead, cherish what we have now.
当你身体健康，可以自由地呼吸空气时；
Imagine: When you’re healthy, you can breathe air easily;
当你衣食无忧，用不着忍饥挨饿时；
when you have your basic needs met, you do not starve.
当你早上睁开眼睛，可以看到太阳的灿烂笑容时……
when you open your eyes in the morning, you see the bright smile of the sun;
你有没有想过，你的幸福，已经超过这世上很多人了？
Don’t you think you’re luckier than many others in the world?
美国著名盲人女作家海伦·凯勒，
Helen Keller, the famous blind writer from the United States,
曾在自传中说：假如给她三天光明，让她亲眼看看这个世界，她就是最幸福的人。
wrote in one of her articles that if she were given three days of sight to see the world with her own eyes, she would be the happiest person in the world.
南非前总统曼德拉，因反抗种族歧视入狱27年。
Nelson Mandela, a former president of South Africa, was imprisoned for twenty-seven years for his anti-apartheid advocacy.
他后来说，坐牢时每天晒半小时太阳，便是自己最幸福的事了。
He later said that during his incarceration the happiest moment every day for him was to sit in the sun for half an hour.
所以，仔细想一想，幸福也并非那么遥不可及，
Therefore, happiness is really not something beyond reach.
现在你就有好多这样的机会。可是，你珍惜过吗？
You have many opportunities to experience it right now. But, have you ever done so?
索达吉堪布《做，才是得到》
Khenpo Sodargye《Achieve by Doing》
愿文链接：
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=Mj...buzdMt4JY42bPwx46rNSWPSRK0neDakDFwaBCjcSDR#rd
2018-04-27 索达吉堪布 国际佛学网
其实，你并不穷
In fact, you are not poor at all
我们不要整天抱怨得不到什么，而应当珍惜现在已拥有的。
We should stop complaining that we have nothing but rather cherish what we have now.
当你身体健康，可以自由地呼吸空气时；
Imagine: When you’re healthy, you can breathe air easily;
当你衣食无忧，用不着忍饥挨饿时；
when you have your basic needs met, you do not starve.
当你早上睁开眼睛，可以看到太阳的灿烂笑容时……
when you open your eyes in the morning, you see the bright smile of the sun;
你有没有想过，你的幸福，已经超过这世上很多人了？
Don’t you think you’re luckier than many others in the world?
有一个年轻人，老是埋怨自己时运不济，发不了财，终日愁眉不展。
A young man always felt he was down on his luck and could never make big money. Thus, he constantly looked gloomy with a knitted brow.
一天，走过来一位须发皆白的老人问他：“年轻人，你为什么不快乐？”
One day an old man with frosty hair and beard came by and asked, “Young man, why are you so glum?”
“我不明白，为什么我总是这么穷！”
“Well, I don’t understand. Why do I have to be so poor?”
“穷？你很富有嘛。”老人由衷地说。
“Poor? Nay, you’re quite rich,” said the old man in all sincerity.
年轻人不解：“这从何说起？”
Puzzled, the young man asked, “How can that be?”
老人反问道：“假如现在斩掉你一个手指头，给你1千元，你干不干？”
The old man replied with a question, “Now, if I offer you a thousand dollars for one of your fingers, would you chop it off for me?”
“不干。”年轻人斩钉截铁地回答。
“Nope,” the young man replied definitively.
“假如砍掉你一只手，给你1万元，你干不干？”
“What if I offer you ten thousand dollars for one of your hands, would you allow me to cut it off?”
“不干。”
“No way.”
“假如让你双眼都瞎掉，给你10万元，你干不干？”
“How about a hundred thousand dollars for both of your eyes—deal?”
“不干。”
“No.”
“假如让你马上变成80岁的老人，给你100万，你干不干？”
“What if I offer you a million dollars to turn you into an eighty-year-old man immediately; would that be acceptable?”
“不干。”
“Never.”
“假如让你马上死掉，给你1000万，你干不干？”
“How about ten million dollars for your life; would you be willing to die right away?”
“不干。”
“Absolutely not.”
“这就对了，你已经拥有超过1000万的财富，为什么还哀怨自己贫穷呢？”
“That’s it—you are now in possession of ten million dollars, so why do you still lament being poor?”
老人笑吟吟地问。
The old man asked, smiling.
青年愕然无言，突然什么都明白了。
The young man was rendered speechless. But all of a sudden, he got the point.
我们不要整天抱怨得不到什么，而应当珍惜现在已拥有的。
We should stop complaining that we have nothing, but, instead, cherish what we have now.
当你身体健康，可以自由地呼吸空气时；
Imagine: When you’re healthy, you can breathe air easily;
当你衣食无忧，用不着忍饥挨饿时；
when you have your basic needs met, you do not starve.
当你早上睁开眼睛，可以看到太阳的灿烂笑容时……
when you open your eyes in the morning, you see the bright smile of the sun;
你有没有想过，你的幸福，已经超过这世上很多人了？
Don’t you think you’re luckier than many others in the world?
美国著名盲人女作家海伦·凯勒，
Helen Keller, the famous blind writer from the United States,
曾在自传中说：假如给她三天光明，让她亲眼看看这个世界，她就是最幸福的人。
wrote in one of her articles that if she were given three days of sight to see the world with her own eyes, she would be the happiest person in the world.
南非前总统曼德拉，因反抗种族歧视入狱27年。
Nelson Mandela, a former president of South Africa, was imprisoned for twenty-seven years for his anti-apartheid advocacy.
他后来说，坐牢时每天晒半小时太阳，便是自己最幸福的事了。
He later said that during his incarceration the happiest moment every day for him was to sit in the sun for half an hour.
所以，仔细想一想，幸福也并非那么遥不可及，
Therefore, happiness is really not something beyond reach.
现在你就有好多这样的机会。可是，你珍惜过吗？
You have many opportunities to experience it right now. But, have you ever done so?
索达吉堪布《做，才是得到》
Khenpo Sodargye《Achieve by Doing》
愿文链接：
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=Mj...buzdMt4JY42bPwx46rNSWPSRK0neDakDFwaBCjcSDR#rd
