Top 10 Good Seeds

十大好种子

1.    Caring for Self and Othersvs. Harming Life

1．照顾自己和他人 vs. 伤害生命

·      Tong Len (give and take)

·      施与受

·      Eat vegetarian

·      素食

·      Take care of your body:  do yoga, tai chi, etc.

·      照顾你的身体：练习瑜伽，太极等。

·      Help others who are sick

·      帮助生病的人

·      Protect small animals, insects

·      保护小动物，小虫子

·      Make healthy snacks

·      制作健康的零食

·      Smile

·      微笑

2.    Generosity vs.Possessiveness

2.    慷慨 vs. 占有欲

·      Share your food

·      分享你的食物

·      Share your knowledge

·      分享你的知识

·      Share your happiness

·      分享你的快乐

·      Help others be comfortable

·      帮助他人自在舒适

·      Give, give, give to others

·      给予，给予，给予他人

·      Respect the property and spaceof others

·      尊重他人的财产和空间

·      Expand the definition of “me”,functional and karmic

·      在功能上和业力上，扩大“我”的定义

·      Give more than you receive

·      比起你所得到的，给出去更多

·      Give protection

·      给予保护

3.  RespectingRelationships vs. Hurting others Relationships

3. 尊重关系 vs. 伤害他人的关系

·      Choose friends and partnerscarefully, seek those with

      a strong sense of integrity

·      谨慎地选择朋友和伴侣，找具有强烈诚信正直感的人

·      Be dependable in yourrelationships and commitments

·      在你的关系以及承诺中可靠

·      Keep your promises

·      信守承诺

·      Respect other people’srelationships

·      尊重他人关系

·      Befriend lonely or dislikedpeople

·      与孤单或不受欢迎的人交朋友

·      Act with the opposite sex as ifyour partner were right

      by your side

·      与异性相处互动时，好像你的伴侣就在你身边

·      Make special efforts to helpcouples stay together

·      做出特别的努力去帮助伴侣们在一起

·      Be very happy when you seecouples happy together.

·      当你看到伴侣们幸福相守时，感到无比快乐

4.  Integrity& Commitment vs. Dishonesty

4.  正直 & 承诺 vs. 不诚实

·      Tell the truth with kindness

·      以善意的方式说出事实真相

·      Make commitments you can keep

·      做你能够信守的承诺

·      Keep all your promises

·      信守你所有的承诺

·      Be strictly honest, what yousay and what they think

      you said should match

·      绝对诚实，你所说的话，与他人对你话语的想象应该相匹配

·      Talk about things you “will” doonly

·      只说你“会”去做的事

·      Be humble

·      谦卑

·      Help others be honest and haveintegrity

·      帮助他人诚实且正直

·      Make sure impressions you giveare consistent with what

      you know to be true

·      确保你给他人的印象与你所知道的事实是一致的

·      Be constant and dependable

·      忠实且可靠

5.  Harmonyvs. Divisiveness

5. 和谐 vs. 分裂

·      Bring people together

·      撮合人们在一起

·      Praise others and connectpeople

·      赞扬他人，并且将他人相互连结

·      Be happy when people get along

·      当人们相处愉快时感到开心

·      Go out of your way to bringothers together all day long

·      主动出击全天候促进他人和谐

·      Create harmony wherever you go

·      无论你去何处，都创造和谐

·      Avoid thinking maliciouslyabout anyone.

·      避免对任何人怀有敌意的想法

6.  Sensitiveand Kind speech vs. Harsh Speech

  Speaking in a kindway

6.  敏感且善意的言语 vs. 刺耳的言语

以善意的方式说话

·      Be kind help people feel atease

·      善意地帮助人们感觉自在

·      Listen to what others have tosay

·      倾听他人必须说的话

·      Honestly compliment others

·      诚实地称赞他人

·      Make others feel better withyour words

·      用你的言语让他人感觉更好

·      Be very sensitive of othersaround you

·      对你周围的人非常敏感

·      Never treat others witharrogance

·      永不傲慢地对待他人

·      Avoid rude or hurtful speech.

避免粗鲁或伤害性的言语

The main point here is to use your speech to bring peaceof mind, joy and comfort to other peoples hearts rather than stirring them up.

这里的重点在于用你的言语为他人的心灵带来平静，愉悦以及舒适，而非煽动挑拨他人。

I try to be particularly careful with my speech when Iam tired. It is very helpful to be a meditator. You can stop yourself beforeyou release the words.

当我累的时候，我会尤其尝试去关注自己的言语。成为一名冥想者，对此会非常有帮助。你能够在言语脱口而出之前，及时制止自己。

7.  Wordsof Value vs. Useless Talk

7.    有价值的话语 vs. 无意义的交谈

·      Share information that willhelp others

·      分享能够帮助他人的信息

·      Talk about projects you reallyplan on doing

·      谈论你会真的计划去做的项目

·      Do what you say you will do

·      做你说你会去做的事

·      Always say something which isof benefit and real meaning to the people around you

·      总是说对你周围的人有益处和有真正意义的话。

·      Avoid gossip, useless talkabout sex, politics, people in the

      news, etc.

·      避免闲谈、无用的关于性、政治，和新闻人物等的交谈。

·      Teach and share the wisdom youhave been given

·      教授以及分享你被给予的智慧

Talking too much about things that have no great meaningis the most common misuse of words. Why bother filling up your mind withuseless bits of information. Wasting other people’s time is a very expensiveseed to be planting in this busy world.

谈论过多没什么重大意义的事物，是最普遍的对言语的滥用。何苦要把这些无用的信息填满你的意识。浪费他人时间，是在这个忙碌的世界里种下的一颗非常昂贵的种子。

The result of thisseed is having a mind that will never stop talking to you. It is a real pain to when you sit down to meditate only to find thatyou have a mind that wants to keep talking. That busy, talkative mind comesprecisely as result of planting seeds of speaking uselessly. Sometimes to putothers at ease we engage in small talk and that is not what I am talking abouthere. It’s the times when you just like to hear yourself talk. You are talkingbecause you want to. You aren’t focused at all on what someone else needs. Ifsomeone is talking to you uselessly then try to listen attentively, try tolearn something and when you can you excuse yourself.

这颗种子的果实，就是拥有一个将会永不停歇一直和你说话的意识。当你坐下来正准备冥想，却发现自己有一个想要一直持续说话的意识，真是极大的痛苦。那个忙碌、饶舌的意识，正是来自于种下了说无意义言语的种子。有些时候我们跟人闲谈是为了让他人觉得舒适，这与我在此谈到的是有所不同的。我在谈论的是那些你只想听自己说话的时刻。你在说话是因为你想要这么做。你完全没有关注他人的需求。如果有人对你说无用的话，那么尝试专注地聆听，试着去学习些什么，然后当你可以的时候你就离开。

8.  Being Happyfor Others vs. Jealousy & Envy

8.  为他人开心 vs. 嫉妒 & 羡慕

·      Enjoy what you have

·      享受你所拥有的

·      Be happy for the goodness ofothers

·      为他人的善良而开心

·      Be happy for the success ofothers

·      为他人的成功而开心

·      Be happy for the happinessothers have

·      为他人享有的幸福而开心

·      Take joy in the success ofeveryone around you

·      随喜你周围每一个人的成功

·      Express your thanks on aconstant basis to everyone

      who supports you

·      持续不断地对每一个支持你的人表达你的谢意

·      Stop comparing yourself toothers

·      停止将自己与他人比较

9.  Empathyand Compassion vs. Ill-Will, Anger & Arrogance

9.    同理心和悲心 vs. 恶意、愤怒 & 傲慢

·      Listen to the concerns ofothers as if they were

      your best friend

·      倾听他人顾虑的事，就如同他们是你最好的朋友

·      Be compassionate with anyonehaving problems

·      同情任何有困难的人

·      Try to help others whenever youcan

·      在任何你有能力的时刻，尝试去帮助他人

·      Try to eliminate unhappiness ofevery kind, even for

      people you don’t like

·      试着消除任何人的不快乐，甚至是你不喜欢的人。

·      Respond with silence orkindness to insults

·      对侮辱报之以沉默或是善意

·      Watch your mind for any traceof anger toward

      another person.

·      观察你的意识是否对他人有任何一丝一毫的愤怒

·      Be sensitive about whether whatyou are doing is

      something that will impact in ahealthy, positive way

      on yourself and those around you

·      对你正在做的事情，是否会以一种健康、积极的方式影响你自己以及你周围的人，保持敏感。

·      Think kind thoughts of others

·      对他人持有良善的念头

10.  UnderstandingReality vs. Ignorance & Pride

10. 理解现实 vs. 无明 & 傲慢

·      Spend time each day thinking,peacefully and with focus

      about what is really important inyour life:  whether your

      priorities are in order, even(Especially) if you knew you were going to die tonight.

·      花时间每天平静地、专注地思考，在你的生命中什么是真正重要的：你的优先级是否井然有序，甚至（尤其）如果你知道自己今晚就会死亡。

·      Reflect every few hours aboutwhere you really believe this

      world, its people and events, couldhave come from.

·      每过几个小时去反省你真正相信的这个世界中，它的人事物，本来是从何而来的。

·      Change your own seeds, trainyourself in ethics and in the

      forceful logic behind integrity, andthen watch the gradual

      change in your environment

·      改变你自己的种子，在道德操守，以及正直背后强有力的逻辑方面去培训自己，然后观察你所处环境的逐步改变。

·      Understand how imprints work tocreate the world around

      us; then act on this understandingby following the path of personal integrity

·      理解铭印如何运作，来创造出我们周遭的世界；随后通过遵从个人的诚信之道，基于对铭印的理解去采取行动。

·      Take time to understand that,in terms of content, a positive or desirable result cannot ever come from anegative or

      unethical cause

·      花时间去理解，就内容而言，一个正面或满意的结果不可能来自于一个负面或不道德的因。

·      Listen to the suggestions ofothers, and learn to live without hope of recognition from others; rather, begenerous in

      giving praise.

·      聆听他人的建议，并学习不希冀他人的认可而生活；相反，不吝于赞扬他人。