摘自《回家之旅》作者
Radhanath Swami的一次演讲
《博伽梵歌》告诉我们，一个学会控制和净化心意的人，心意是你最好的朋友。但做不到这一点的人，心意便是最大的敌人。博伽梵之歌中解释了，除了自己的心意，真的没有任何敌人。
The Bhagavad Gita tells, that for one who learns to control and clean the mind, the mind is your very very best friends. But for one who fails to do so, the mind is the greatest enemy. The Gita in the Bhagavad explains there's really no other enemies except our own mind.
布克·华盛顿，他是一个奴隶，被解放的奴隶，9岁时是辛苦劳作的苦工，受歧视、被迫害……但他精神上很积极，成为了一个机构创始人，他得到了学术奖励，对世界产生了巨大的影响力。
Booker T Washington, he was a salve... emancipated slave. When he was about nine years old he was working hard labor. Prejudice, persecuted...but he just so positive in his spirit he came out to be a founder of an institution, he got scholarships and such tremendous impact he had in the world.
他有一句话非常打动我的内心，也就是我们正在讨论的。他声称：“我不允许任何人通过让我恨他而贬低我的灵魂。”
There's one statement he made that really moved my heart. It's what we're talking about. He proclaimed, "I will not allow any man to belittle and degrade my soul by making me hate him."
我再重复一遍，“我不允许任何人通过让我恨他而贬低我的灵魂。”他拒绝憎恨，即使他被憎恨着。他的认知，是从不同的视角看待生命。他看待生命，不是对外界事件产生的反应，而是自我内在的觉悟。
I'll repeat that, "I will not allow any man to belittle my soul by making me hate him." He refuse to hate, even though he was hated. His perception, he was seeing life from a different perspective. He was seeing life not as a reaction to what's happening outside of us... he was seeing life from a realization that he found within himself.
