资本主义vs正念修行

Comment R1: practice prkts n. 实践；练习；惯例Comment R2: mindfulness maindfulnis n. 留心，警觉Comment R3: meditation medte()n n. 冥想；沉思，深思Comment R4: compatible kmptb()l adj. 兼容的；能共处的；可并立的Comment R5: ethos i s n. 民族精神；气质；社会思潮Comment R6: capitalism kpt()lz()m n. 资本主义Comment R7: intriguing ntrig; ntrig adj. 有趣的；迷人的Comment R8: fascinating fsnet 详细adj. 迷人的；吸引人的；使人神魂颠倒的Comment R9: account kant n. 账户；解释；账目，账单；理由Comment R10: oriental rent()l; r- n. 东方人Comment R11: disciplines dsplnz n. 管理 纪律（discipline 的复数）；科目Comment R12: practitioner prkt()n n. 开业者，从业者，执业医生资本主义 VS正念修行Is the practice of mindfulness and meditation compatible with the cut-throat ethos of capitalism? “正念”和“冥想”，跟资本主义那种拼命争个你死我活的特质可以并存吗？This is the dilemma at the heart of David Gelless intriguing, timely, and enjoyable new book, a fascinating account of the increasing adoption of these ancient oriental disciplines by western businesses as means of improving corporate efficiency, reducing employee stress, and, directly or indirectly, boosting the bottom line.动人地描述了这些古老的东方修行之法是如何越来越多地为西方企业所采纳，用于提高公司效率、帮员工减压、以及直接或间接地提升公司利润。Gelles is a reporter for the New York Times and former Financial Times journalist who is also a long-time practitioner of mindfulness meditation “the ability to see what is going on in our heads, without Comment R13: combination kmbne()n n. 结合；组合；联合；Comment R14: initiate net n. 开始；新加入者，接受初步知识者Comment R15: appreciation prie()n; -s-n. 欣赏，鉴别；增值；感谢Comment R16: objectivity ,bdektvt; ,bdktvt n. 客观；客观性Comment R17: potted ptd adj. 盆栽的；罐装的；密封的；喝醉的Comment R18: 简史Comment R19: proponent prpnnt n. 支持者；建议者；提出认证遗嘱者Comment R20: inspiration nspre()n 详细n. 灵感；鼓舞；吸气；妙计Comment R21: downplay danple 详细vt. 不予重视；将.轻描淡写getting carried away with it”“一种能看清我们脑中所想、而不会走火入魔的能力”. It is a useful combination: he has both an initiates appreciation of how meditation works, and a journalists objectivity and ability to tell a story.他身上是一种有价值的组合：作为修行者，他知道冥想是怎么回事；而作为记者，他能够客观地观察，并且能讲好一个故事。In a potted history of mindfulness in the US, Henry David Thoreau gets Gelless vote as the earliest New World proponent and an inspiration for the Beat generation Dharma bums Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. More recently, Jon Kabat-Zinn, a molecular biologist who pioneered mindfulness based stress reduction at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, takes centre stage. His willingness to downplay the spiritual side of meditation主动淡化冥想的精神方面, Gelles argues, helped make mindfulness acceptable to mainstream science and medicine.有助于主流科学和医学界接受正念The core of the book concerns the adoption of mindfulness Comment R22: expertlyadv. 熟练地；巧妙地Comment R23: craftedadj. 精心制作的Comment R24: anecdote nkdt n. 轶事；奇闻；秘史Comment R25: case studies详细法 案例研究；个案研究Comment R26: harness hns vt. 治理；驾驭；利用Comment R27: rationale ,rnl n. 基本原理；原理的阐述Comment R28: bear out背出去；搬出；运出；带出：；支持；声援；维持到底：Comment R29: commercial km()l n. 商业广告adj. 商业的；营利的；靠广告收入的Comment R30: imperative mpertv n. 必要的事；命令；需要；规则；语祈使语气Comment R31: underpin ndpn vt. 巩固；支持；从下面支撑；加强的基础Comment R32: instrument nstrm()nt n. 仪器；工具；乐器；手段；器械Comment R33: inextricably ,inikstrikbli adv. 逃不掉地；解不开地；解决不了地Comment R34: elimination ,lmnen 详细n. 消除；淘汰；除去Comment R35: cultivation kltven n. 培养；耕作；耕种；教化；文雅Comment R36: compassion kmp()n 详细n. 同情；怜悯Comment R37: materialism mtrlz()m n. 唯物主义；唯物论；物质主义Comment R38: promote prmt vt. 促进；提升；推销；发扬by corporate America. 这本书的核心关注点是美国企业界对正念的采纳。Using expertly crafted anecdotes and case studies盖利斯用构思精巧的小故事和案例, Gelles illustrates the benefits of meditation that companies from General Mills to Aetna are seeking to harness.希望利用 Arianna Huffington sums up the rationale for all this corporate interest: “Stress reduction and mindfulness dont just make us happier and healthier, theyre a proven competitive advantage for any business that wants one.”“减轻压力和正念不仅会让我们变得更快乐、更健康，对任何缺乏这种优势的企业而言，它们还是一种已得到验证的竞争优势。”The data seem to bear this out. 数据看上去也证明了这一点。Aetna employees who took a Mindfulness at Work course saw their healthcare costs fall by $2,000 a year relative to a control group相对于一个对照组. On an Orwellian note, it also improved their productivity, “resulting in more than an hours gain in work time per employee per week”.“相当于让每个员工每周的工作时间增加了一个多小时”。But is it not the case that难道不是 the more one practices mindfulness, the less interest one has in competition, profit, and all the other commercial imperatives that underpin capitalism?支撑起资本主义的商业要素 Is mindfulness really a neutral instrument that can be used for any end服务于任何的目的 or is it inextricably bound up with the elimination of selfishness, the cultivation of compassion and the rejection of materialism? And might not promoting mindfulness among ones employees be a bit risky as a result because if one succeeds, Comment R39: trivial trvl adj. 不重要的，琐碎的；琐细的Comment R40: revealing rvil adj. 有启迪作用的；Comment R41: crappy krp adj. 蹩脚的；糟糕的；没价值的they might stop bothering with anything so trivial as profits?那么企业家在员工中推广正念岂不是有些危险（因为假如他成功了的话，他的员工们可能就不再在意利润这么微不足道的东西了）？Gelles does not dodge this central question indeed he devotes a whole chapter to it but he does not resolve it either. The most revea