中英文对照 * 如果依照自身的关注来回应

如果依照自身的关注来回应

If we react with self-interest to

whatever circumstances appear.

1.

我们对于任何的缘境。

如果都只是

依照自身的关注来回应。

If we only react with self-interest

to whatever

 circumstances appear.

2.

就会基于试图获得

暂时的满足而做出选择。

We will make choices based

on trying to find temporary

satisfaction.

3.

但是这种努力

必然终究会让我们绝望。

But this effort is always

ultimately hopeless.

4.

因为轮回中的一切

随时都在变化，

所以全都是不确定的。

Since everything within

samsara is uncertain 

because it is changing.

 （总言之）

由于短视近利的习性，

我们甚至没有注意到

自己错过了

那些深具意义的事物。

好比有人宁可不要继续

饮用乳牛白色的奶，反而

急切地选择要吃它红色的肉。

Through the short sightedness

of our habit, we do not even

notice that we are missing

what is meaningful, like

someone who eagerly choose

to eat a cow's red meat instead

of continuously drinking

its white milk.