我們這個時代的矛盾(The Paradox Of Our Age)--達賴法王的智慧法語

The Paradox Of Our Age

我們這個時代的矛盾

We have bigger houses but smaller families;

我們有更大的房子, 但是家庭卻變小了。

more conveniences, but less time.

有更多的便利, 但是時間卻變少了。

We have more degrees but less sense;

我們有更多的學問, 但是覺知卻變少了。

more knowledge but less judgment;

有更多的知識, 但是更少正確的判斷。

more experts, but more problems;

有更多的專家,但是問題卻變多了。

more medicines but less healthiness.

有更多的醫藥，但是健康卻變少了，

We’ve been all the way to the moon and back,

but have trouble in crossing the street to meet our new neighbor.
我們已經去過月球又回來，但是過個街去認識新鄰居卻有困難，

We built more computers to hold more copies than ever,
but have less real communication;

我們製造了更多的電腦來保存更多的資訊，好保存更多的文件

但是真正的溝通卻減少了。

We have become long on quantity,
but short on quality.

我們轉變為在數量上眾多,但是在品質上缺乏。

These are times of fast foods but slow digestion;

這是吃得快速但是消化緩慢的時代，

Tall men but short characters;

人類長得高大但是品格卻短缺，

Steep profits but shallow relationships.

獲利很深厚但是關係卻很膚淺，

It’s a time when there is much in the window but nothing in the room.

這是一個櫥窗內很豐富但是房間裡卻空空如也的時代。

—The 14th Dalai Lama 
十四世達賴法王  (翻譯: Diana Chen)