Think_on_these_things人生中不可不想的事Krishinamurti克里希那穆提中英双语一.doc

Think on these things 人生中不可不想的事 Krishinamurti 克里希那穆提 Chapter 1 我们需要怎样的教育 我不知道有多少人问过自己受教育的意义是什么？我们为什么要上学？为什么要学习各种科目？为什么参加考试，和同学比得分高低？所谓的教育究竟含有什么意义？它涵盖了什么？这实在是一个非常重要的问题。我们不只是为学生质疑这个问题，同时也跟父母、老师以及所有热爱地球的人们，共同来探究这个问题。 I wonder if we have ever asked ourselves what education means. Why do we go to school, why do we learn various subjects, why do we pass examinations and compete with each other for better grades? What does this so-called education mean, and what is it all about? This is really a very important question, not only for the students, but also for the parents, for the teachers, and for everyone who loves this earth. 我们为什么要通过竞争来受教育？难道受教育只是为了通过几项考试，得到一份工作？还是为我们在年轻时奠定基础，以便了解人生的整个过程？获得一份工作来维持生计是必要的，然而这就是一切了吗？难道我们受教育就是为了这个目的？显然，生命并不只是一份工作和职业而已，生命是极为广阔而深奥的，它是一个伟大的谜，在这个浩瀚的领域中，我们更有幸生为人类。如果我们活着只是为了谋生，我们就失去了生命的整个重点。去了解生命本身，比只是准备考试、精通数学、物理或其他科目要重要多了。 Why do we go through the struggle to be educated? Is it merely in order to pass some examinations and get a job? Or is it the function of education to prepare us while we are young to understand the whole process of life? Having a job and earning ones livelihood is necessary - but is that all? Are we being educated only for that? Surely, life is not merely a job, an occupation; life is something extraordinarily wide and profound, it is a great mystery, a vast realm in which we function as human beings. If we merely prepare ourselves to earn a livelihood, we shall miss the whole point of life; and to understand life is much more important than merely to prepare for examinations and become very proficient in mathematics, physics, or what you will. 所以，不论我们是老师还是学生，我们是否应该扪心自问为何教育他人或受教？生命到底是什么？难道生命不奇怪吗？飞鸟、花朵、翠木、蓝天、星辰、河流、游鱼......这一切都是生命。生命是贫穷的、富足的；生命是群体、种族、国家之间永不停歇的战役；生命是静思冥想；生命是所谓的宗教；同时它也是心灵中微妙的、隐藏的东西，包括羡妒、野心、激情、恐惧、成就及忧虑等等。这所有的一切以及更多的事物都是生命，然而我们通常只准备了解生命的一个小角落。 So, whether we are teachers or students, is it not important to ask ourselves why we are educating or being educated? And what does life mean? Is not life an extraordin