/* Generator: eWebEditor */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} .MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} Translate the following passage into Chinese: Suffering by Desire Few of us would like to agree that we desire to suffer. Yet, it is clear that if we had no desires, there would be little or no suffering (excluding the suffering due to unfulfilled true needs). Whenever we desire something, and circumstances make it difficult or impossible to fulfill that desire, we get frustrated and suffer. That is called stress. What motivates us to desire? We are motivated to desire by the elusion ( 逃避 ) or the delusion ( 错觉 ) that the grass is greener on the other side of our dream. As the old sages say: By Greed, Fear, Anger, Envy, and Ignorance. We all want to improve the Quality of our Life, that means for most of us: More material wealth, more security, keeping up with the Joneses, and whatever we “think” will help us. Unfortunately, our thinking is not always clear. What we think will improve our life, may turn out worse than we had it before, because we did not “think” through the implications of having our wish fulfilled. The consequences of our actions usually come and hit us when we don’t expect it. Again, we suffer due to our own ignorance, and inability to plan ahead and to foresee what will happen. Suffering by Desire.doc