April 19:
英文版
The mind of detachment is definitely not an emotional feeling. It is a mind of genuine detachment produced after getting a clear view of the ever-changing fundamental substance of things.(page 159)
What was even more tragic was that, even though all those who took part in this game were like this. every one of them considered this pain and suffering to be inevitable,blamed the external world for it. He had tried many methods to reduce this pain and suffering ,but other than facing his own mind and spirit, none of these methods helped the situation. So he came to understand that unless a person dares to acknowledge his previous ignorance, doubt the whole entrenched system of thought and behavioral norms, and pursue wisdom and truth by a method that is not necessarily accepted by the conventional world, he will keep on suffering.(page 160-161)
~An excerpt from The World is a Reflection of the Mind.
Author: Xuemo, translated by J.C.Cleary
中文版
出离心并不是一种情绪，它是看清事物多变的本质之后所产生的一种真正的厌离之心。(132页）
更可悲的是，虽然这场游戏的所有参与者都是如此，但每个人都把这种痛苦看成一种必然，或者归咎于外部世界。为了消减这种痛苦，他尝试过好多方法，但除了面对自己的心灵，所有的方法都无补于事。所以他明白了，除非一个人敢于承认以往的无知，敢于质疑整个固有思想体系、行为标准，敢于以一种未必被世俗认可的方式去追求智慧与真理，否则，他就会一直痛苦下去。（133页）
摘自《世界是心的倒影》，雪漠著
Golden sentence:
He had tried many methods to reduce this pain and suffering ,but other than facing his own mind and spirit, none of these methods helped the situation.
他尝试过好多方法，但除了面对自己的心灵，所有的方法都无补于事。
讲解笔记
Words:
inevitable /ɪnˈɛvɪtəbəl/ ADJ If something is inevitable, it is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or avoided. 必然发生的
例：If the case succeeds, it is inevitable that other trials will follow.如果这场官司获胜，其他审判必将效法。
acknowledge /əkˈnɒlɪdʒ/V-T If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists. 承认 (事实或情况)
例：Naylor acknowledged, in a letter to the judge, that he was a drug addict.在一封写给法官的信中，内勒承认他是一个吸毒者。entrench /ɪnˈtrɛntʃ/ V-T If something such as power, a custom, or an idea is entrenched, it is firmly established, so that it would be difficult to change it. 巩固
例：...a series of measures designed to entrench democracy and the rule of law.…一系列旨在巩固民主和法制的举措。behavioral /bɪˈheɪvjərəl/ ADJ Behavioural means relating to the behaviour of a person or animal, or to the study of their behaviour. 行为方面的; 行为科学的
例：...emotional and behavioural problems.…情感与行为上的问题。
norm /nɔːm/ N-COUNT Norms are ways of behaving that are considered normal in a particular society. 准则
例：The actions taken depart from what she called the commonly accepted norms of democracy.所采取的这些行动背离了她所谓的那些普遍接受的民主准则。
