What I want to know from you is, "what can thou?"

我想從你這里聽到的是，“你能做什么？”

He said "Well, do you smoke?"

他說，“你吸煙嗎？”

I said "yes".

我說，“吸”

He said "you may continue"

他說，“你可以繼續(xù)吸”

"Do you drink?"

“你喝酒嗎？”

"Alcohol?" I said "yes".

我說，“喝”

He said "you may continue."

“你可以繼續(xù)喝”

"Do you enjoy the opposite sex promiscuously?"

“你是否 享受與異性的自由性關系？”

"Yes"

“享受啊”

"Well you may continue."

“那么你可以繼續(xù)享受”

I said, "Wait a minute, you mean that i can come upon this hill here, in this good place with all these wonderful people, your disciples and devotees and brothers up here, and… and… and studied these teachings and i can go back down there and… and do all these things?"

我說，“等一下，你是說，我到這里來，來到這么漂亮的山上，和這么多美好的人們，你的弟子和信徒們一起，和這些兄弟們一起，學了這些教導之后——我仍然可以下山，去做所有這些事？”

"Absolutely, but I will not promise you, that as you continue to study these teachings, that the desire to do these things will not fall away from you."

“當然可以，但我無法向你保證，如果你繼續(xù)學習這些教導，你做這些事情的欲望還會留在你身上?！?/p>

——尤迦南達