给禅修者的新年祝词 | 何德伦老师
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Very soon the new Lunar Year of the Rooster is approaching. To those celebrating, We wish you all a joyful (and not forgetting a mindful) occasion. This time round we have opted myself the space and time to retreat from this occasion though I am certain the memory of the festive mood may arise in my mind as the day gets closer.
很快农历鸡年就要来了。我们祝愿大家度过一个快乐但不忘却正念的春节。这一次我们选择避开这个场合，然而我很肯定，随着时间的临近，那些节日气氛的回忆可能会在心中升起。
Celebrating the New Year can bring many kinds of moods in each of us – depending what type of memory was held steadfastly in our minds. For those whose loved ones have moved on recently, surely a pensive feeling will be expected. If there are newly added ones in the family, then it may be a rousing occasion to be in. Some may just wish the occasion will pass sooner, whereas some enjoy heartily the once-a-year meeting of close ones, relatives or friends that they may not have other times to catch up with.
庆祝新年能给我们每一个人带来很多种的情绪——取决于我们心中有着什么样的回忆。如果爱的人最近离开了，悲伤的感觉将会从心中升起；如果迎来了新的家庭成员，这可能是一个激动人心的场合。一些人可能希望节日快点过去，而另一些人则尽情享受着与亲密的人、亲戚或朋友一年一度的相聚，可能平时没有时间和他们联系。
Relatively, it is a mere short period of acquaintance, as compared to what may be in store for us for the whole coming year. More importantly, New Year holds a deep meaning to what that has just passed – the so-called immediate old year – during which our minds may have either been fulfilled or challenged, by the degree of whatever experiences that crossed our paths then. So are we hoping or expecting "a better new year", "a more-prosperous-then-last-year new year", "a washed-away-bad-year new year", or a challenging new year?
而相对于即将到来的新的一年，这仅仅是个小插曲。更重要的是，对于刚过去的旧年，新年有着深层的含义。在过去一年中，经历过的各种事情满足或挑战着我们的心，所以我们希望或者期待着“一个更好的新年”，“一个比去年更棒的新年”，“一个把坏的一年完结掉的新年”或者是一个充满挑战的新年？
Whatever it is, it will be wise for us to reflect the reality that there are areas of life we can take charge of, and probably more areas we can't, though we may wish it not so, but yet has to face, when they arises. We are all pretty sure about life uncertainties, having had life experiences for the number of years that we have lived – experiences like unexpected health issues, passing on of loved ones, career insecurity, relationship challenges, and of course not forgetting the "better" experiences of good news, of successes, of unexpected windfalls etc. It is good to have in mind that nothing happens for or to us. They happened because of whatever conditions that helm it. And conditions are impersonal.
无论是什么，反思现实都是明智的，生命里有一些领域，我们可以把控，但可能有更多的领域是我们无法把控的，即便我们不希望如此，可当事情发生时，我们还是不得不去面对。我们都很肯定生命的不确定性，从出生到现在，我们经历过各种事情，比如意外的健康问题，爱的人过世，事业不稳定，感情所面临的问题，当然，还有那些”好”的经验，比如好消息、成功、意外之财等等。我们要记住，没有任何事情是为我们或者针对我们发生的，它们发生是因为掌控着它的因缘条件，而因缘条件不是个人的。
A better suggestion will be in developing our minds with consistent awareness and wise understanding that whatever it takes, we are always there meeting it, lovingly, with least or no resistance, trusting fully what comes our way is always an opportunity for growth in us, either in the present now, or a part of a greater scheme of an inner spiritual development that we cannot fathom at this moment. In reality, as always the case, the mind's nature is always learning every experience that takes place, be it big or small, and no matter how painful or how many times the experience repeat. And after long association of learning from these experiences, wisdom begins to take root in the mind.
一个更好的建议是，用持续的觉知和明智的理解来培养我们的心，不论要做什么，我们都要带着爱去面对，带着最少的抗拒或者完全不抗拒，全心全意的相信，生命中遇到的所有事情都是我们成长的机会，要么就在当下，要么就是内在心灵成长计划的一部分，只是我们现在还无法理解。实际上，心的自然本性一直是学习每一个发生的经验，大或者小，无论多么痛苦或者重复多少次。在长期的学习这些经验之后，智慧就会开始在我们的心中扎根。
May all be blessed with the wisdom of understanding. May this occasion too also be for forgiveness, forbearance and a freer mind. Blessed new Lunar Year to all.
愿大家拥有理解的智慧，愿大家在这个节日里有谅解、宽恕和更自由的心。祝大家新春快乐。
何德伦&陈丽奋
2017年1月27日
何德伦导师简介
何德伦导师已经教授禅修30余年，吸收了许多先贤智慧的教导与他自己多年的正念经验之旅。他通过课程、工作坊、周末静修的方式为禅修者提供了一种当代的禅修方式。他的独特风格教学和分享啟发反思和讨论。通过以正念+智慧为工具，他擅长引导禅修者深入通过修习正念+智慧, 理解自心的运作，从而带来自由和快乐。
何德伦导师也是Clove&Clive的合办人，何德伦导师于2002年第一次与德加尼亚禅师会面，以后几乎每年都会前往缅甸雪吴敏中心禅修。在此之前，他是在马哈西尊者的传统下修习。他曾协助卡巴金博士编写两本书《Letting Everything Become Your Teacher》和《Arriving at your own door》。他编写了《爱的智慧》及一些供给团体结缘的书，定期更新博客“超越世间”http://illusiontoreality.com/。
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