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But compassion has another component,
但慈悲心有另一個組成部分，
and that component is really essential.
這個部分非常重要。
That component is that we cannot be attached to outcome.
這就是我們不應(yīng)該耽于結(jié)果。
Now I worked with dying people for over 40 years.
如今，我已為臨死的人們工作了40余年。
I had the privilege of working on death row for six years.
我曾有幸在最大限度安全保證下為死刑犯工作了六個年頭。
And I realized so clearly in bringing my own life experience,
我清楚的認識到在我的個人生活經(jīng)歷中，
from working with dying people and training caregivers,
為臨死之人工作以及培訓(xùn)護理者的個人生活中，
that any attachment to outcome would distort deeply my own capacity to be fully present to the whole catastrophe.
任何耽于結(jié)果的感情只會深深影響我自己的面對大苦難的能力。
And when I worked in the prison system,
在我為監(jiān)獄系統(tǒng)工作時，
it was so clear to me, this:
我很清楚：
that many of us in this room,
這個屋子里很多人，
and almost all of the men that I worked with on death row,
還有幾乎所有與我一起為死刑犯共事過的人，
the seeds of their own compassion had never been watered.
他們的慈悲之火種從未被撲滅。
That compassion is actually an inherent human quality.
這種慈悲是人類內(nèi)在的特質(zhì)。
It is there within every human being.
存在于每個人之中。
But the conditions for compassion to be activated,
但慈悲被觸發(fā)，
to be aroused,
被鼓勵的條件，
are particular conditions.
都是特殊情況。
I had that condition, to a certain extent,
某種程度上，我是，
from my own childhood illness.
深深受幼時疾患的影響。
Eve Ensler, whom you'll hear later,
伊娃?恩斯勒，一會兒她會演講，
has had that condition activated amazingly in her through the various waters of suffering that she has been through.
她是受她經(jīng)歷過的汪洋般的苦難所激發(fā)的。
And what is fascinating is that compassion has enemies,
神奇的是慈悲是有敵人的，
and those enemies are things like pity,
那些敵人是憐憫，
moral outrage,fear.
道德公憤，恐懼。
