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🎥《心隨境轉、境隨心轉》英文版

心隨境轉、境隨心轉
Letting External Circumstances Determine Our State of Mind versus Transforming the Environment with Our Mind

「心隨境轉」是指失去自己的主宰，老是被環境的動態所影響。
Letting external circumstances determine the state of our mind means when we fail to be the master of ourselves and are thus always affected by the dynamics of the environment.

如果我們的心是被環境牽動著的，一旦大環境怎麼動，我們也會怎麼動；不管出現了什麼風氣，馬上跟著變化，就成水面的浮萍，隨著波浪載浮載沉，這是非常痛苦、不安定的。
If our mind is easily carried away by the environment, then we are subject to the influence of the environment, constantly changing our minds whenever a new trend emerges, just like drifting duckweed dictated by the currents. This will cause our suffering and our instability.

要做到「心不隨境轉」已經不容易，如果能讓「境隨心轉」，那就更是不簡單了。例如，當大家都說：「時局不好，趕快逃吧！」但我沒有立刻盲目地跟隨大家逃跑，這就是「心不隨境轉」；更進一步，當別人看到我不逃，還表現得那麼自在、安定，可能就會相信我很可靠，而產生信心，也不逃了；如果我們能漸漸影響更多人也都不逃走了，這就是「境隨心轉」。

所以，環境的安定與否，就取決於我們的心念是否安定。
It is already not easy to keep the state of our mind from being determined by external circumstances; it is even harder to transform the environment with our minds.
For example, if everyone is saying, “This is a bad time, so let’s run away from all this!” but I decide not to blindly follow suit, then this represents keeping the state of our mind from being determined by external circumstances. Furthermore, when people see that I am not running away and instead remain at ease, calm, and stable, they will likely generate confidence and decide not to run away in the end, believing that I am a trustworthy person. If we can gradually influence more others into staying when they originally want to flee, then this represents transforming the environment with our minds.
Therefore, whether our environment will remain stable or not actually depends on whether we can maintain a calm and peaceful mind.

選自聖嚴法師著作《用寧靜心擁抱世界》
- Excerpts from Master Sheng Yen’s Embrace the World with a Serene Mind

法鼓山慈善基金會祝福您
DDM Social Welfare and Charity Foundation wishes you well

Translated by Chang, Cheng-yu
Edited by DDM Editorial Team, Leefah Thong, Chiacheng Chang

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🎥《生活在淨土中》英文版 Living in a Pure Land

「人間淨土」不是客觀事實的存在，真正的「淨土」是內心的感受，感受到對這個世界充滿了溫暖的希望。
A “pure land on earth” is not about some tangible object. “Pure land,” in its real sense, represents a trusting feeling that our world is filled with warmth and full of hope.

如果我們都能捐棄一己成見，就能感受到每個人都是親切的，氣氛中充滿溫暖與安全感，當下就是一個淨土的世界。
If all of us can give up our prejudice, then we will feel that everyone is kind and congenial, the atmosphere surrounding us is warm and friendly, and perceive the world as a pure land at that very moment.

「人間淨土」不是一個完全沒有犯罪行為或災難的地方，因為在我們這個世界上，不可能永遠沒有災難，也不可能永遠沒有犯罪的人與事，而是從自己的內心出發，那就是生活在淨土中了。
The “pure land on earth” is not somewhere without any crime or disaster. In fact, our world will never be free from disasters, and nor can it be free from criminals and criminal acts. Rather, if we can purify our mind by starting from within, we are then living in a pure land on earth.

這並不是一種自我欺騙，而是因為有一顆充滿安全感的心，看待外境的變化，自然就不會懼怕了。
This is not a form of self-deception. When our mind is filled with a sense of security, we will no longer fear any changes from the external world.

選自聖嚴法師著作《亂不了你的心》
From Master Sheng Yen’s book, Nothing Can’t Disturb Your Mind
Translated by Liu, Ping
Edited by Paul James, Elenda Huang, Keith Brown

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🎥《做心的主人》英文版
Be the master of your mind

人生在世，雖然有很多不如意、不順遂，但無論遭遇什麼樣的逆境，都要好好掌握、把持住自己的心，時時存有善意，處處保持正念，以篤實、堅定的意志去克服困難與障礙。
Our life may be filled with undesirable and unfavorable experiences, but no matter what adversities we encounter we should try to be the master of our mind, rein in our mind, constantly harbor good intentions, always maintain the right mindfulness, and use a strong will to overcome difficulties and obstacles.

所以首先要知道自己的心如何運作，常常在做什麼， 在什麼樣的狀態下活動，如此一來，就不會盲目、無聊或是莫名其妙地活動，也比較可以主宰自己的心了。
So first we should understand how our mind works, what it is doing, and its state. This way, we’ll be less confused, less likely to feel bored or act in a meaningless way, and more able to master our own mind.

正如禪宗的兩個主張：第一，要「做自己心的主人」，也就是心一定是掌握在自己的手上；第二，要「踩定腳跟」，腳跟不能不點地，一定要踩穩了腳跟，才能再向前邁出第二步。
There are two principles in the Chan Buddhist teaching: be the master of your mind, or have a control of your mind; and, put yourself on a firm footing, or keep your feet steady on the ground before taking the next step forward.

文／摘自聖嚴法師著作《獨立做自己》圖／林俐
Excerpts from Master Sheng Yen’s book, How To Be Independent
Translated by Chang, Cheng-yu
Edited by Chang Chia-cheng
Illustration by Lin Li

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聖嚴師父曾談及，來到西方，就是要向西方社會弘揚漢傳的佛法，師父認為自己的英語程度尚可溝通，但在弘法的開示與英語著作上，則仍需翻譯的協助。
這集採訪了聖嚴師父的翻譯，從師父的第一位翻譯王明怡，到果谷菩薩、Rebecca和張瓈文，他們分享了師父曾經留在這些弟子上的恩澤及感動，這些優秀與發心的弟子也爲師父在西方打開了一扇窗，讓佛法的種子在世界各地播種成長。