84 TAKING CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT

【关爱环境】

我们通常区分人类和非人类，认为我们比其他物种更重要。然而，我们人类完全由非人类元素构成，如植物、矿物、土壤、云朵和阳光。当我们看到人类没有自我时，我们就会发现，照顾环境（非人类元素）就是照顾人类。为了让我们的实践更深刻、更真实，我们必须包括生态系统。如果环境被破坏，人类也会被破坏。要想让人类真正健康、快乐，最好的方式就是照顾好环境。不保护动物、植物和矿物的生命——岩石、土壤、河流和海洋，就不可能保护人类生命。

[TAKING CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT]

We usually discriminate between humans and non-humans, thinking that we are more important than other species. We humans are made entirely of non-human elements, such as plants, minerals, earth, clouds, and sunshine. When we see that humans have no self, we see that to take care of the environment (the non-human elements) is to take care of humanity. For our practice to be deep and true, we must include the ecosystem. If the environment is destroyed, humans will be destroyed, too. The best way to take good care of human beings so that they can be truly healthy and happy is to take care of the environment. Protecting human life is not possible without also protecting the lives of animals, plants, and minerals—the rocks, the soil, the rivers, and the oceans.