84 Holding Your Cup of Tea

【捧着你的茶杯】

这杯茶在我的双手中，
正念被完美地保持着。
我的身心
安住在此时此地。

无论你在哪里喝茶，无论是在工作中、咖啡馆里还是在家里，能有足够的时间去欣赏它都是很美好的。如果天气寒冷，你可以感受手中茶杯的温暖。吸气时默念第一行，呼气时默念第二行。下一次吸气时默念第三行，下一次呼气时默念第四行。以这种正念呼吸的方式，我们得以恢复自我，茶杯也回归到它的最高位置。如果我们不保持正念，我们喝的就不是茶，而是自己的幻觉和烦恼。如果茶变得真实，我们也变得真实。当我们能够真正与茶相遇的那一刻，我们才真正活在当下。

[Holding Your Cup of Tea]

This cup of tea in my two hands,
mindfulness is held perfectly.
My mind and body dwell
in the very here and now.

Wherever you are drinking your tea, whether at work or in a café or at home, it is wonderful to allow enough time to appreciate it. If the weather is cold, you can feel the warmth of the cup in your hands. Breathe in and recite the first line; breathe out and recite the second. The next inhalation is for the third line, and the next exhalation is for the fourth line. Breathing mindfully in this way, we recuperate ourselves and the cup of tea reclaims its highest place. If we’re not mindful, it’s not tea that we’re drinking but our own illusions and afflictions. If the tea becomes real, we become real. When we are able to truly meet the tea, at that very moment we are truly alive.