纪录片《佛教世界的七大奇观》 印度摩诃菩提佛寺（5）

As Buddhism¹'s travelled through the centuries, perhaps inevitably², it's taken on more the aspects of a religion,

随着几个世纪的传播，佛教不可避免地呈现出更多宗教元素，

with temples and pilgrims and a religious hierarchy³.

比如寺庙、朝圣者和宗教等级制度。

You could be forgiven for mistaking Buddhism as one of the great, god-driven faiths of the world, but there is a key difference.

可以理解，有人会误认为佛教是一种由神主导的宗教信仰。但这里有个关键的差异。

By putting such an emphasis on a system of personal morality and breaking with the conventions and traditions and rituals of the past, in many ways, the Buddha⁴ was one of those men who gave us the modern world.

通过强调个人道德观的体系，以及破除传统习俗，放弃旧仪式等方式，在许多方面看来，佛陀是将我们带入现代社会的引路人之一。

And although he never denied that there were gods, he simply said you don't have to rely on the gods to make everything OK.

而且他从未否认神的存在，他只是说你不必依赖神来使自己诸事顺利。

According to Buddhist⁵ sources, having seeded a radical⁶ new world view, the Buddha died at the age of 84.

根据佛教典籍，在给这种颠覆的全新世界观播下种子以后，佛陀在84岁时圆寂。

His body was cremated⁷, but his bones remained unburned.

他的肉身被火化，但他的骨骸却保留下来。

They were distributed amongst the various tribes, rulers and kingdoms, who are now starting to follow the Buddhist way, and who honoured its founder⁸ by building monuments, or stupas, over his remains⁹.

佛骨舍利分散到不同的部落和国家，而他们现在都开始遵循佛教之路，并设碑立塔供奉佛骨舍利，以此来向这位佛教创立者表示崇敬。

In Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, stands The Boudhanath Stupa, our second wonder of the Buddhist world.

矗立在尼泊尔首都加德满都的博德纳佛塔，是我们探访的的第二个佛教世界圣地。

It was first built in the 5th or early 6th centuries AD, then rebuilt and restored a number of times,

它最初建于公元五世纪或六世纪初，后历经数次重建和修复，

finally as this giant, enclosed tomb in the 14th century.

最终在14世纪建成为巨大的封闭式陵墓。

It is the largest in the Indian subcontinent, a sacred place for thousands of Buddhists¹⁰ throughout the world.

这是印度次大陆上最大的佛塔，是全世界佛教信众心中的圣地。

1 Buddhism   

n.佛教（教义）

参考例句：

• Buddhism was introduced into China about 67 AD.佛教是在公元67年左右传入中国的。
• Many people willingly converted to Buddhism.很多人情愿皈依佛教。

2 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。

3 hierarchy   

n.等级制度；统治集团，领导层

参考例句：

• There is a rigid hierarchy of power in that country.那个国家有一套严密的权力等级制度。
• She's high up in the management hierarchy.她在管理阶层中地位很高。

4 Buddha   

n.佛；佛像；佛陀

参考例句：

• Several women knelt down before the statue of Buddha and prayed.几个妇女跪在佛像前祈祷。
• He has kept the figure of Buddha for luck.为了图吉利他一直保存着这尊佛像。

5 Buddhist   

adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒

参考例句：

• The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
• In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。

6 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

7 cremated   

v.火葬，火化（尸体）( cremate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He wants to is cremated, not buried. 他要火葬，不要土葬。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The bodies were cremated on the shore. 他们的尸体在海边火化了。 来自辞典例句

8 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

9 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

10 Buddhists   

n.佛教徒( Buddhist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Jesuits in a phase of ascendancy, persecuted and insulted the Buddhists with great acrimony. 处于地位上升阶段的耶稣会修士迫害佛教徒，用尖刻的语言辱骂他们。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
• The return of Saivite rule to central Java had brought no antagonism between Buddhists and Hindus. 湿婆教在中爪哇恢复统治后，并没有导致佛教徒与印度教徒之间的对立。 来自辞典例句