心灵危机的源头在于舍本逐末的追求
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《Are You Ready for Happiness?》
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The Tibetan Buddhist View on Happiness
Meditative absorption or concentration can be practiced with or without religious belief, just as yoga may or may not be associated with any religion. Yoga is simply a practice that leads to good health. Likewise, meditation can, by regulating our mentality, bring happiness and cure depression.
禅定可以在信仰的基础上修，也可以在没有信仰的基础上修。就像瑜伽，既可以与某一个宗教相关，也可以无关乎任何宗教，而仅仅是一种养生的方法而已。禅修也是如此，通过禅修调节心态，就能带来幸福感，解决抑郁的问题。
The Buddha gave us many methods for cultivating the mind. Whether we believe in the Buddha or not, the mind practices are important to all of us. They can also be practiced by anyone.
佛教给我们推荐了很多心灵的训练方法，无论现代人信佛与否，但心灵的训练却是不可或缺的。这些心灵训练方法，任何人都可以吸纳并为己所用。
Undoubtedly, the result of the practice will be different for people with religious belief and those without. However, this is not a problem. We can achieve our goals with these mind practices — whether we want to attain Buddhahood and benefit all sentient beings, realize self-liberation, or simply alleviate stress, improve the quality of our life, and live a happier and more meaningful life.
当然，我们必须承认，当有信仰和没有信仰的人同时使用这些方法时，效率和结果肯定是不一样的。但这不成问题，无论是为了成佛度众生，还是为了解决自己的生老病死，或者仅仅是为了调节自己的心态，给自己减压，让生活品质提升，活得更有意义、更加幸福，都可以透过这些训练来达到目的。
What is unfortunate, however, is that everyone seems to be placing emphasis on training the body, not the mind. This preoccupation is leading to an imminent crisis around the world — not a financial crisis, but a crisis of the mind. Depression, accompanied by symptoms of anxiety and loneliness, has already become the third biggest killer of mankind, following cancer and AIDS, respectively.
不过令人感到遗憾的，目前普遍现象是，大家都把重点放在身体上的训练，而忽略了精神方面的训练。正因为人类的舍本逐末，所以导致了一个全球化新危机的逼近。这个危机，不是金融危机，而是心灵危机。迄今为止，心灵危机中伴随着焦虑、孤立等症状的抑郁症，已经变成了人类的第三大杀手，仅次于排名第一的癌症，与排名第二的艾滋病。
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