沙漠教父
DESERT FATHERS
Benedicta Ward · 初版 2003 年
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“沙漠教父（desert fathers）为贯穿整个中世纪及后世的基督教灵修提供了源源不断的灵感。那些最早在埃及、巴勒斯坦和叙利亚的荒漠中拥抱隐修生活的男女，极少是神职人员或学者。然而，正是这些目不识丁的农夫、牧羊人、流动小贩、昔日奴隶和妓女，很快便吸引了如此众多的追随者，以至于人们称他们‘将沙漠变成了城市’。从公元四世纪起，伴随着传记和整部专著的诞生，他们的沉思录被汇集整理并广泛流传。其言论既震撼人心又感人至深，
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……因为环境变动和犯懒等各种原因，今年读书不算多，但以下几本在我的印象里格外亮眼：* Thomas Merton ——《荒漠的智慧》（The Wisdom of the Desert），汇集了早期基督教会沙漠教父的言行名录。我尤其喜欢那些展现极致慈悲与无私的故事，比如修道士们告发了一伙强盗，随后感到内疚，又去把他们从监狱里救了出来……
…been a light reading year, for various reasons of circumstance and laziness, but here are the standouts in my mind: * Thomas Merton -- The Wisdom of the Desert A collection of quotes by and about the Desert Fathers of the early Christian church. I especially liked the ones that showed extreme mercy and selflessness, such as the monks who turned in a band of robbers, felt bad about it, and broke them out of prison,…
提到沙漠教父，圣亚他那修写的《圣安东尼传》（Life of St. Anthony）是我最喜欢的书之一，篇幅相对较短，通俗好读：http://newadvent.org/fathers/2811.htm 或者想看影印版的话……
On the note of the Desert Fathers, the "Life of St. Anthony" written by St. Athanasius is one of my favorite books, and is a relatively short and accessible read: http://newadvent.org/fathers/2811.htm or for a facsimile of a print from…
……身体，包括说话所需的肌肉。这家伙看起来与其说是在认真“禁食”，倒不如说更热衷于通知别人他正在禁食。这事儿让我想起了沙漠教父（Desert Fathers）——生活在埃及沙漠里的早期基督教修道士。他们非常严肃地对待禁食，视其为保持宗教纯洁的一种方式。他们的许多寓言都告诫大家不要为了作秀而禁食。……
…body, including the muscles needed for speech. This guy seems like he was more interested in informing this person that he was fasting than actually keeping his "fast". This incident reminds me of the Desert Fathers, the early christian monks who lived in the desert in Egypt. They took fasting very seriously as a way of keeping their religious purity. Many of their parables caution against keeping your fast for show.…
……西方，这一观念产生了深远的文化影响。Peter France 在他的书《隐士》（Hermits）中探讨了这一点，将修道院制度的建立归功于最早的基督教隐士——埃及沙漠教父树立的榜样。我很好奇，既然有了这种认识，他为什么从未去探访过任何隐居修道士呢？我个人就知道加拿大有一处正统基督教隐修院，那是真材实料的，更不用说……
…the west, the idea has had a profound cultural impact. Peter France explores this in his book Hermits, attributing the creation of monasticism to the example set by the earliest Christian hermits, the Desert Fathers of Egypt. I'm curious why, given this little bit of insight, he never sought out any hermit monks? I personally know of an Orthodox Christian hermitage in Canada that's the real deal, not to mention…
……量入为出。把“足迹”控制得越小越好——无论是碳足迹还是其他。我最早产生这个念头，大概是在读了佛经译本或者像 Merton 的《沙漠教父言行录》（Saying of the Desert Fathers）这类书之后。但在我人生的大部分时间里，这只是个模糊的想法，就像大多数自由主义观念一样，光挂在嘴边而没真正去践行。在我的脑海中，它化作了一种极简的美学——干净、受禅宗启发、丹麦式的……
…ones means. Having as small a 'footprint' as possible - carbon or otherwise. I probably first entertained this idea after reading translations of Buddhist texts or things like Merton's "Saying of the Desert Fathers". But for much of my life this was a fuzzy idea like most liberal thoughts something to declaim with out really applying. In my mind it took the form of a clean aesthetic - clean, Zen-inspired, Danish…
……到底想表达什么。但我怀疑本文作者很快就会对这些作品失去耐心，求他们“赶紧讲重点吧！”。除了这些之外，另一个视角是“沙漠教父”（Desert Fathers）——早期基督教的苦行修士，他们会花上数年时间去沉思圣经中的单个段落。
…is trying to say. However I suspect the author of this post would very quickly become frustrated with these works and beg them to "get to the point!". And another perspective outside of these are the "Desert Fathers", the early Christian ascetics, who would spend years meditating on single passages from the bible.