内观 (nèi guān) = Vipassana (insight meditation)
葛印卡 (Gě yìn kǎ) = Goenka (person’s name – S.N. Goenka)
的 (de) = possessive particle (of/belonging to)
解脱 (jiě tuō) = liberation, freedom from suffering
之 (zhī) = classical Chinese particle (of/belonging to)
道 (dào) = way, path, method
([美] = [America/American] – indicating author’s nationality
威廉 (Wēi lián) = William (name)
哈特 (Hā tè) = Hart (surname)
著 (zhù) = written by, authored by
台湾 (Tái wān) = Taiwan
p 3 , 假如你有机会，
假如 (jiǎ rú) = if, suppose, in case
你 (nǐ) = you
有 (yǒu) = to have
机会 (jī huì) = opportunity, chance
能够放下所有世俗的责任十天，
能够 (néng gòu) = to be able to, can
放下 (fàng xià) = to put down, to let go of
所有 (suǒ yǒu) = all, every
世俗的 (shì sú de) = worldly, secular, mundane
责任 (zé rèn) = responsibility, duty
十天 (shí tiān) = ten days
住到一个安静、与世隔绝的地方，
住到 (zhù dào) = to live at, to stay at (with directional complement)
一个 (yī ge) = one, a
安静 (ān jìng) = quiet, peaceful
与世隔绝的 (yǔ shì gé jué de) = secluded from the world, isolated
地方 (dì fang) = place, location
不受任何的干扰。这个地方提供基本的食宿，
不 (bù) = not, no
受 (shòu) = to receive, to be subjected to
任何的 (rèn hé de) = any, whatever
干扰 (gān rǎo) = interference, disturbance
这个 (zhè ge) = this
地方 (dì fang) = place
提供 (tí gōng) = to provide, to offer
基本的 (jī běn de) = basic, fundamental
食宿 (shí sù) = food and accommodation
而且随时有人帮忙，让你住得还算舒适。
而且 (ér qiě) = moreover, furthermore, and
随时 (suí shí) = at any time, anytime
有人 (yǒu rén) = there are people, someone
帮忙 (bāng máng) = to help, to assist
让 (ràng) = to make, to cause, to let
你 (nǐ) = you
住得 (zhù de) = to live/stay (with resultative complement)
还算 (hái suán) = fairly, reasonably, can be considered as
舒适 (shū shì) = comfortable
你只要避免与他人接触，并且除了必要的活动之外，
你 (nǐ) = you
只要 (zhǐ yào) = only need to, just need to
避免 (bì miǎn) = to avoid
与 (yǔ) = with
他人 (tā rén) = others, other people
接触 (jiē chù) = contact, interaction
并且 (bìng qiě) = and, moreover
除了 (chú le) = except for, apart from
必要的 (bì yào de) = necessary
活动 (huó dòng) = activities
之外 (zhī wài) = outside of, beyond
在你醒着的时候，都闭目凝神，
在 (zài) = when, during = เมื่อ, ขณะที่
你 (nǐ) = you = คุณ
醒着 (xǐng zhe) = awake, being awake = ตื่น, อยู่ในสภาพตื่น
的 (de) = possessive particle = ของ
时候 (shí hou) = time, when = เวลา, เมื่อ
都 (dōu) = all, always = ทั้งหมด, เสมอ
闭目 (bì mù) = close eyes = หลับตา
凝神 (níng shén) = concentrate, focus the mind = จดจ่อ, ตั้งสมาธิ
将心专注于一个选定的对象之上。
将 (jiāng) = will, shall, to direct = จะ, นำ
心 (xīn) = heart, mind = ใจ, หัวใจ
专注于 (zhuān zhù yú) = focus on, concentrate on = มุ่งความสนใจไปที่, จดจ่อกับ
一个 (yī ge) = one, a = หนึ่ง, อัน
选定的 (xuǎn dìng de) = selected, chosen = ที่เลือกไว้, ที่กำหนด
对象 (duì xiàng) = object, target = วัตถุ, เป้าหมาย
之上 (zhī shàng) = upon, on top of = เหนือ, บน
你愿意来参加吗？
你 (nǐ) = you = คุณ
愿意 (yuàn yì) = willing, would like to = เต็มใจ, อยากจะ
来 (lái) = come = มา
参加 (cān jiā) = participate, join, attend = เข้าร่วม, เข้าอบรม
吗 (ma) = question particle = ไหม (คำถาม)
假如你曾经听说过有这种机会，而且许多像你这样的人，不仅愿意，甚至欲望望这样利用他们的空闲时间来参加，那么你想他们在干什么？你可能会说：他们在观止解脱或是默想；逃避现实或是灵修；自我陶醉或是自我探索；自我封闭或者自我反省。无论其含义是负面或正面，一般对静修的印象，都认为他是从人世间退缩。确实有一些静修法是如此，但是静坐并不必然是逃避，它也可以是一种体验世界的方法，让我们了解世界、了解自己。
每个人都习惯性地认为，外在的世界才是真实的，生活就是与外在实相接触，向外寻求物质及精神的食粮。大多数人可能从未想过断绝外在的接触，以看清内在发生的事。若要你这么做，所来好像是你花好几个小时，盯着电视屏幕上