達賴說:
我只是 70 億人口中的一個人而已, 沒有特別的理由認為自己比較特別. 所以當我跟女王 國王 或首相在一起的時候, 我總是記得他們和我是一樣的人 --- 人類.
You are just a normal person --- one human being out of seven billion -- you see there's no reason o be surprised or to feel like I should be something special. So whenever I'm with queens or kings or presidents or prime ministers or beggars I always remember that we are all the same.
我才不鳥那些正規的東西, 都是人搞出來的. 主教, 你是由人類的方式誕生在這個世界上, 我想離開的時候, 也會像是一般的人們一樣. 沒有特別的地方.
I don't care about formality or protocol. These are artificial. Really. Bishop, you are born the same human way. There is no special way that bishops are born. And I think, when the end comes, also you will die as a normal human being.
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我們大家都是由相同方式出生, 也由相同方式死去. 出生與死亡的過程, 都需要依賴他人的協助, 不管你是達賴或路上乞討的可憐人, 不管你是大主教或可憐的難民.
The Dalai Lama was saying that we are all born and all die in the same way, and at these moments we are totally dependent on others, whether we are a Dalai Lama or a beggar, whether we are an Archbishop or a refugee.
Reference
1. Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu and Douglas Abrams, "Humility: I tried to Look Humble and Modest, " in The Book of Joy, Penguin Random House LLC, 2016, pp. 208-209.