No. 1 cause of unhappiness.
導(dǎo)致不快樂(lè)的頭號(hào)原因
Because people feel guilty about pursuing their own happiness.
人們?yōu)樽非笞约旱目鞓?lè)感到內(nèi)疚
People feel guilty at times feeling good about themselves.
人們?cè)谧晕腋杏X(jué)很好時(shí)會(huì)內(nèi)疚
How can I? How dare I feel good about myself?
我怎么可以? 我怎么敢自我感覺(jué)良好?
How can I pursue my happiness when there is so much suffering in the world?
我怎么能追求自己的快樂(lè)當(dāng)世上有那么多痛苦時(shí)?
And there is a lot of suffering in the world.
世上確有很多痛苦
So how do we respond to that?
我們要如何回應(yīng)?
First of all, happiness is a positive sum game it's not a zero sum game.
首先,快樂(lè)是正和博弈不是零和博弈
Neither it is a negative sum game it's not that my happiness takes away from other people's happiness
也不是負(fù)和博弈我的快樂(lè)不是從別人那里奪來(lái)
which will be a negative sum game: if I have more, you'll necessarily have less.
那將是負(fù)和博弈我有更多,你一定更少
It's not even a zero or rather if I have less, you'll have less- that's a negative sum game or a zero sum game if I have more, you'll have less-
甚至不是一個(gè)零…或者我更少你也會(huì)更少,那也是負(fù)和博弈或零和博弈,我更多,你就會(huì)更少
it's a fixed pie. It's not that. It's a positive sum game.
餅就那么大。不是這樣的。它是一個(gè)正和博弈
Why? Because happiness is contagious.
為什么?因?yàn)榭鞓?lè)是感染的
If I'm happier, I'm more likely to contribute to other people's happiness and wellbeing.
如果我更快樂(lè),我更有可能對(duì)他人的快樂(lè)和幸福作出貢獻(xiàn)
Being happy, in other words, is also a moral state in the sense of actually contributing to other people's wellbeing.
感受快樂(lè),換言之也是一種道德?tīng)顟B(tài)對(duì)他人的幸福作出貢獻(xiàn)
The Buddha talked about it thousands of years ago, "Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
佛在幾千年前就談到它"一支蠟燭可以點(diǎn)燃千支蠟燭蠟燭的生命不會(huì)被縮短
Happiness never decreases by being shared." It's like passing on light.
分享絕不會(huì)減少快樂(lè)"。就像傳遞光明。