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1、外文资料原文TheConservationofSufferingPrinciplebyMarkDillofAssaultedbyaQuestion "Whatisitaboutlifethattherealwaysseemstobesomethingmissing?"---EpictetusThetenthousandformsofhumansufferingarebutthetransformationsofasingledarkforce.Endlesslyitdisplaysitself,an
2、dyetitremainsunknown!Attimesitsexistencemaybesuspected.Surmountanyoflife'sdifficultiesandanotheronetakesitsplace.Overcomethatproblem,andanewproblemarises.Humansufferingistrulythemostelusiveofshape-shifters. Initsplasticity,sufferingbearsacuriousresembl
3、ancetomatter.Likematter,itcanbeneithercreatednordestroyed.Effortstoeradicateitsucceedonlyinchangingitsform.Wefreeourselvesfromanxietybutnowfeelbored.Wearenolongerlonelybutnowsufferfromconflictswithothers.Withinthesetransformations,themagnitudeofsufferi
4、ngremainsconstant.Consequently,nomatterwhatwedotofindfulfillment,westillfindthatourworldis"outofjoint,"thatsomethingislacking.Thelawguidingthesechangesis,"TheConservationofSufferingPrinciple." Thegoodnewsisthatalevelofconsciousnessexistsbeyondtheforce-
5、fieldoftheconservationofsuffering.Thosewhohavebeentherehavecalledit,"thestillpointofaturningworld."TheJapanesephilosopherNishitadescribedthisstateofawarenesswhenhewrote,"Myjoyandmysorrowdonottouchmypeace."Thisbookisapracticalguidetohelpyougetthere. Our
6、journeywillbealongapathfewknowexist.ItemergesoutoftheuniqueevolutionandpresentcrisisofWesternthoughtandcivilization.Hereisaroutefromexistentialism--whichmanyculturalhistoriansconsiderthefinalstoponthelongtrainrideofWesternthought--toahigherlevelofunder
7、standingaboutlife.ThisbookisessentiallyaroughlydrawnmapoftheWesternroutetoEasternwisdom. Thispathisavianegativa.Itisnot"negative"inthesenseofbadorantagonistic.Whatmakesitanegativerouteisthatwedonotproceeddirectlytothatwhichwedesire--freedom,immortality
8、,bliss,peaceofmind,higherconsciousness,andsoon.Oursisajourneyinquitetheoppositedirection,intothedarksideofeverydaylife.Dantelearnedfromhisguide,Virgil,thattheexitfromhellistobefoundatitsverycenter.Paradoxically,tobefree,thetwoofthemhadt