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ID: 2597 Upper Intermediate
Who at ChinesePod has tried guided mediation class? Well if you have ever been to one, you know that it can sometimes be difficult to achieve inner peace at the same time as translating what the teacher is saying. In this lesson you will learn some great words to help you during your sessions, and put you firmly on the path towards enlightenment.
Jenny,David
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冥想 míngxiǎng meditation
修养 xiūyǎng self cultivation or training
身心 shēnxīn mind and body
性情 xìngqíng temperament
你好你一直来参加瑜伽冥想课
nǐhǎo 你好nǐ 你yīzhí 一直lái 来cānjiā 参加yújiā 瑜伽míngxiǎng 冥想kè 课
Hello, have you been consistently coming to the yoga mediation classes?
是啊有一段时间了我觉得冥想能帮助我修养身心陶冶性情使我建立了信心也提高了创造力
shì a 是啊yǒu 有yī duàn shíjiān 一段时间le 了wǒ 我juéde 觉得míngxiǎng 冥想néng 能bāngzhù 帮助wǒ 我xiūyǎng 修养shēnxīn 身心táoyě 陶冶xìngqíng 性情shǐ 使wǒ 我jiànlì 建立le 了xìnxīn 信心yě 也tígāo 提高le 了chuàngzàolì 创造力
Yes, it's been a while. I feel that meditation helps me to train both my mind, body and temperament. It's allowed me to build my confidence as well as increased my creativity.
原来冥想课有这么多的好处我是个菜鸟还没什么深刻的体会
yuánlái 原来míngxiǎng 冥想kè 课yǒu 有zhème duō 这么多de 的hǎochu 好处wǒ 我shì 是gè 个càiniǎo 菜鸟hái 还méishénme 没什么shēnkè 深刻de 的tǐhuì 体会
Turns out there are all these benefits to meditation. I'm a newbie and haven't had any profound realisations yet.
其实冥想是练习将思绪只停留在一点上固定不动以观察自我通过排空杂念我们可以渐渐地明白真正的自己以获得更平静的生活
qíshí 其实míngxiǎng 冥想shì 是liànxí 练习jiāng 将sīxù 思绪zhǐ 只tíngliú 停留zài 在yīdiǎn 一点shàng 上gùdìng 固定bù 不dòng 动yǐ 以guānchá 观察zìwǒ 自我tōngguò 通过páikōng 排空zániàn 杂念wǒmen 我们kěyǐ 可以jiànjiàn de 渐渐地míngbai 明白zhēnzhèng 真正de 的zìjǐ 自己yǐ 以huòdé 获得gèng 更píngjìng 平静de 的shēnghuó 生活
In fact, meditation is the practice of focusing all your thoughts on one point and keeping it fixed there, so that you can reflect inward. By eliminating distracting thoughts, we can gradually understand who we really are. In turn, we gain a peaceful existence.
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