36 ACCOMPANYING YOUR BREATH

【陪伴你的呼吸】

如果你家里有一个颂钵，任何人都可以随时敲响它，将每个人带回到他们自己身边。每次你听到诵钵的声音，你都会停下你正在说的、做的、或想的一切。随着着诵钵的声音和你的呼吸回到自己，回到当下，回到此时此地。你学会了生活的艺术，存在的艺术。活着意味着身处于此时此地，这样我们才能感知到我们内部和周围的生活奇迹。修炼很简单。每次你听到颂钵声，就好像有人在叫你：“回家吧，我的孩子，不要再跑了。回到你自己身边。回到生活中。”

[ACCOMPANYING YOUR BREATH]

If you have a bell at home, anyone can invite it at any time to bring everyone back to themselves. Every time you hear the bell, you stop everything you are saying, doing, or thinking. Ride on the sound of the bell and on your breath to go home to yourself, to go home to the present moment, to the here and the now. You learn the art of being alive, of being present. To be alive means to be in the here and the now so we can be in touch with the wonders of life within us and around us. The practice is simple. Every time you hear the bell, it’s as if someone is calling you, “Come home, my child, don’t run anymore. Come home to yourself. Come home to life.”