Your True Home is the work of the internationally renowned Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh.
The book consists of 365 short essays, and the author uses poetic language to describe his insight into life. It fills people's hearts with warmth and love for life.
The original work is in English, so we will show the English content first, and the translation of the Chinese can be directly scrolled down. Thank you for your understanding and wish you a wonderful day!
Miracles
AROUND US, LIFE bursts forth with miracles—a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere.
Each human being is a multiplicity of miracles. Eyes that see thousands of colors, shapes, and forms; ears that hear a bee flying or a thunderclap; a brain that ponders a speck of dust as easily as the entire cosmos; a heart that beats in rhythm with the heartbeat of all beings.
When we are tired and feel discouraged by life’s daily struggles, we may not notice these miracles, but they are always there.
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All around us, life unfolds wonders – a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. If you live in awareness, it's easy to see miracles anywhere.
Everyone is a combination of various miracles. The eyes can see thousands of colors and shapes; the ears can hear bees flying and even thundering; the brain can think about a grain of dust and sand, and it can easily think about the whole universe; the heart can move in one rhythm with the hearts of all life.
When we get tired and depressed in the midst of everyday difficulties, we may not notice these miracles, but they are always there.
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miracle: [ˈmɪrəkl], noun, miracle. The word has religious connotations, and generally refers to the magic of moving mountains and reclaiming seas. So here's saying that we're all around and in our bodies full of these kinds of miracles/miracles, it's just that we never feel it.
burst:[bɜːst], noun, burst. It is also possible to make verbs.
Forth: [fɔːθ], adverb, forward. This is the direction of the burst: outward.
ray: [reɪ], noun, light, here as a quantifier. It is a ray of sunshine (also meaning a line).
caterpillar: [ˈkætəpɪlə], noun, caterpillar. It's the kind that can change into a butterfly.
awareness: [əˈweənəs], noun, awareness. This concept runs through the book and represents a perceived state. Its adjective form, I'm aware of xxx, is commonly used in life to indicate that I know something.
multiplicity:[ˌmʌltɪˈplɪsəti], noun, diversity. This is the noun form of multiple (multiple) that we commonly use.
thunderclap:[ˈθʌndə(r)ˌklæp], noun, thunderclap. This is a very vivid compound word, thnder is ray, clap is clapping, put together is thunder.
ponder:[ˈpɒndə], verb, thinking. The computer's calculations also use this word.
speck: [spek], noun, dot. Here to do the quantifier, is a grain of sand.
cosmos: [ˈkɒzmɒs], noun, universe. Cosmos is more of a philosophical cosmic (order) than the universe (order) of our familiar universe. Similar to our Chinese say the difference between heaven (including the meaning of heavenly destiny and heavenly path) and the sky.
rhythm: [ˈrɪðəm], noun, rhythm. The rhythm in the music is also this.
discouraged:[dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒd], adjective, discouraged. Courage is courage, dis is the opposite of expression, discourage is to make people lose courage (obstruction), plus ed is an adjective, indicating discouragement.
struggle:[ˈstrʌɡl], noun, dilemma. The word can also be used as a verb, that is, struggle, struggle.
Ambassador of the Cosmos
WHEN I HOLD A piece of bread, I look at it, and sometimes I smile at it. The piece of bread is an ambassador of the cosmos offering nourishment and support.
Looking deeply into the piece of bread, I see the sunshine, the clouds, the great earth. Without the sunshine, no wheat can grow. Without the clouds, there is no rain for the wheat to grow. Without the great earth, nothing can grow. That is why the piece of bread that I hold in my hand is a wonder of life.
It is there for all of us. We have to be there for it.
Ambassador of the universe
When I pick up a slice of bread, I look at it and sometimes smile at it.
This loaf of bread is an ambassador sent by the universe to provide us with nutrition and support.
Looking deeply into this piece of bread, I saw the sun, the clouds, the earth. Without sunlight, wheat cannot grow; without clouds, there is no rain to nourish wheat; without the earth, everything cannot grow. That is why, this piece of bread in my hand, is a miracle of life.
It is there for us; we are there for it too.
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ambassador: [æmˈbæsədə], noun, ambassador, envoy. The embassy is embassy[ˈembəsi].
offer:[ˈɒfə], noun, offer, offering. We are familiar with offer (acceptance letter) is the word, referring to the commercial offer (noun).
nourishment: [ˈnʌrɪʃmənt], noun, nutrition. The verb form is nourish, nourishing.
wheat: [wiːt], noun, wheat.
wonder: [wonder], a noun, also means miracle. This miracle is more like a surprise. We are more familiar with its adjective form wonderful (subtle, wonderful).