无论自己身上发生什么，都不必觉得很倒霉
无论自己身上发生什么，都不必觉得很倒霉
Don’t bemoan your lot when bad things happen to you
如今很多人不安于现状，拼命追求地位、名声。
Nowadays, people are not satisfied with their status quo and will strive at all cost for fame and power.
但就算你拥有了这一切，内心也仍然不会知足，
However, even if they manage to have it all, they still crave more.
这种无厌的追求终将毁了自己。
Such an endless chase will only bring ruin to oneself.
正如有些教言中所说：“欲望毁希望。”
As it has been taught, “Avarice gets you nowhere.”
在这个世间上，有些人地位高不可及，像联合国秘书长、各国首脑，可谓万人之上、权倾一时，
In our human world, there have been many emperors or kings who have enjoyed the very pinnacle of power and material wealth.
可是他们死时跟一般人没有两样。
But in the end, all their splendors were gone, and none of them escaped death.
不说死的时候，即使他下台之后，也跟普通人没什么差别。比如，美国第一任总统华盛顿引退后，回老家经营农庄；里根卸任后，也当了农夫……
Nowadays, many top leaders of powerful nations head millions of subjects. But once they step down from their office, overnight they become common citizens and no longer have others at their beck and call.
这样的结局，令人感慨万千。他们在位时呼风唤雨、无所不能，最后也变成这样，实在是太无常了。
Isn’t this a stark display of impermanence!
还有中国的秦始皇、成吉思汗，也曾叱咤风云、不可一世。就拿秦始皇来说，他结束了战国割据的局面，真正做到了一统天下。
In the history of China, the First Emperor of Qin (260–210 BC) put an end to the Warring States Period and unified all of China for the first time.
他不仅是中国第一个皇帝，认为自己的功绩比三皇五帝都要大，
He proclaimed himself Qin Shi Huang (the first emperor), in that he had surpassed the achievement of all the ancient emperors and rulers prior to him.
还规定：接替他皇位的子孙，应按照次序排列，第二代叫二世皇帝，第三代叫三世皇帝……
Moreover, he specified that his son who would succeed his throne was to be called the Second Emperor of Qin, and his son’s son would be the Third Emperor of Qin, and so on,
这样一代一代，要传到千秋万世。
until the hundred thousandth generation.
结果才到了第二世，秦朝就灭亡了。
However, his dynasty survived only to the second round.
除了历史上演绎的无常以外，我们身边无常的现象，也可谓屡见不鲜。
Impermanence, besides being played out in history, is also obvious in our everyday lives.
去年为他人判刑的法官、高官，今年就可能因贪污腐败，锒铛入狱而成为阶下囚……
The high officers and judges who sentenced others to jail in previous years may find themselves incarcerated the following year after being indicted for corruption.
以上这些事例足以说明：权势、名声、财富、受用，不可能恒常拥有，
The above examples are enough to show that power, fame, wealth and pleasure cannot remain forever in one’s possession;
它犹如夏天的露珠、秋天的白云一样，很快就会消失。
like dewdrops on summer days or clouds in the autumn sky, they vanish in no time.
不懂无常的人，为了这些，先是不择手段去追求，得到之后，又绞尽脑汁地保护，
However, people lacking an understanding of impermanence will still do anything to chase, amass, and protect these worldly glories.
可是不管怎么努力，这些终究会离开自己。
But no matter how hard they try, they will eventually lose it all.
既然一切皆为无常，那么，无论自己身上发生什么，都不必觉得很倒霉、很痛苦。
Inasmuch as all phenomena are transitory, when bad things happen to us we need not feel unlucky or miserable.
同时，在别人身上发生时，也应该能理解。
Furthermore, when we experience pain personally, we are more able to empathize with others when such things happen to them.
索达吉堪布《做，才是得到》
Khenpo Sodargye《Achieve by Doing》
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