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title: 樹葉將永遠在掉落 The Leaves will Always Fall
description: "Every day or two, the open grounds and walkways of the monastery must be swept clear of the leaves that fall in every As"
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The Leaves will Always Fall

　　樹葉將永遠在掉落

Every day or two, the open grounds and walkways of the monastery must be swept clear of the leaves that fall in every Asian season. For the large open areas, the monks will team up and, with long-handled bamboo brooms extended, sweep like a dust storm, clearing all the leaves in their path. Sweeping is so satisfying.

　　每一天，都必須清掃散落在寺里廣場和道路上的落葉。因為范圍的遼闊，所以僧侶們會併肩合作，各持一把長柄竹編加長的掃把，像風暴般地清掃道路上滿地的落葉。掃地是如此地使我們滿足。

All the while, the forest continues to give its teachings. The leaves fall, the monks sweep, and yet, even while the sweeping continues and the near end of a long path is being cleared, the monks can look back to the far end they have already swept and see a new scattering of leaves already starting to cover their work.

　　在一切時中，森林亦不斷在給予其教導。樹葉在凋落，僧侶們清掃，然而，就在清掃繼續進行之際，道路尾端的落葉已被清除，但是，當僧侶們回顧他們已清掃過的遙遠的另一端時，會發現滿地的新落葉已經開始覆蓋在他們剛掃過的道路上了。

"Our lives are like the breath, like the growing and falling leaves," says Achaan Chah. "When we can really understand about falling leaves, we can sweep the paths every day and have great happiness in our lives on this changing earth."

　　阿姜 查說：「我們的生命猶如落葉，猶如成長和凋落的葉子。當我們對成長和凋落的葉子有了真實的體認之後，便可以每天清掃道路，在這個恆常變遷的地球上，我們的生活中，擁有無比的喜悅。」