#卡巴金捎來的信
親愛的大家:
只想很簡短的跟你們說,在這COVID-19大流行的時刻,你們一直都在我心裡。我們都知道實踐與練習是最重要的,在此時更是如此,當熟悉的社會關係及理所當然的事物面臨動盪或解散威脅時,很關鍵的是我們人類切勿迷失到害怕恐慌之中。現在更是該展現慈悲與盡可能幫助他人的時刻,在這個新的世界。而我們現保持所謂的「社交距離(social distancing)」,其實也是種對他人慈心愛護的行為,以及對智慧的體現。比起過往,現在更是個發揮想像創造與療癒的時刻,更是個好好關心我們的社會、文化、珍貴大自然、身與心、家人與社群團體的最佳時刻。
願你們及所有生命都能安全無傷
愛,
喬 (卡巴金)
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(前幾天收到正念減壓創始人卡巴金博士給他全球弟子、也是各國正念代表老師們的一封信,在此把主要段落略譯出來分享給大家喔,非直譯,下方也附上原文供參考)
Dear All:
Just a quick note to say that you are all in my heart this morning (and every day) as we move with every moment more and more deeply into this time of pandemic with COVID-19. As we all know, it is especially in such moments that our practice—in every sense of that term—is most important. It is critical that we human beings learn and practice and work with not losing our minds and hearts to fear and even panic, as the structures and relationships of everything familiar in society and that we normally take totally for granted and depend on are threatened with upheaval and perhaps even dissolution. It is a time for compassion and helping others as best we can in whatever ways we can in this new world we are suddenly engulfed in with everybody else on the planet. This "social distancing" we are now engaged in is itself a radical act of kindness and compassion for others, and thus, of embodied wisdom. It is quite a practice in its own right. More than ever, now is a time for imagination, healing, and for taking care of what is deepest and best in our societies, our cultures, and our precious natural world, coming straight out of everything we have been cultivating in our own hearts and bodies and minds, and in our families and sanghas for all these years.
May you and all beings be safe and free from harm.
Love,
Jon
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