to say to everyone in my life.

我生活中的每一個人分享

That phrase is "Life is easy."

這句話就是「生活很簡單」

It's so easy and fun.

很簡單，又充滿樂趣

I never think like that.

以前我不是這麼想的

When I was in Bangkok, I felt like life is very hard, very complicated.

當我在曼谷的時候， 我感到生活很艱難、很複雜

I was born in a poor village on the Northeastern of Thailand

我出生在泰國東北部一個貧困的小鄉村

And when I was a kid, everything was fun and easy,

我小的時候，一切都是那麼有趣、那麼簡單

but when the TV came, many people came to the village,

但是後來出現了電視機，很多人來到村子裡

they said,

他們說：

"You are poor, you need to follow success in your life.

「你這麼窮，你需要追求一個成功的生活

You need to go to Bangkok to pursue success in your life."

你應該去曼谷追求成功的生活。」

So I felt bad, I felt poor.

我感覺很糟糕，意識到自己的貧窮

So I needed to go to Bangkok.

我覺得自己需要到曼谷去

When I went to Bangkok, it was not very fun.

當我來到曼谷，那裡很沒意思

You need to learn, study a lot and work very hard,

你需要學習很多東西，非常辛苦地工作

and then you can get success.

然後才可以享受成功

I worked very hard, eight hours per day at least,

我努力工作，每天至少8個小時

but all I could eat was just a bowl of noodles per meal,

但是每餐飯只能吃到一碗麵條

or some Tama dish of fried rice or something like that.

或者是多摩菜，或者炒米飯之類的東西

And where I stayed was very bad, a small room where a lot of people slept.

我和很多人一起住在一個很小的房間裡

It was very hot.

非常悶熱

I started to question a lot.

我開始思考

When I work hard, why is my life so hard?

我努力工作，為什麼生活還這麼艱難？

It must be something wrong, because I could use

一定是哪裡出了問題

a lot of things, but I can not get enough.

因為我生產了很多東西，但是得到的卻很少

And I tried to learn, I tried to study.

我努力學習

I tried to study in the university.

在大學裡學習

It's very hard to learn in university, because it's very boring.

在大學裡學習很辛苦，因為課程很無聊

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

And when I looked at subjects in the university,

當我看到大學裡的課程

in every faculty, most of them had destructive knowledge.

和專業，傳授的幾乎都是破壞性的知識

There's no productive knowledge in university for me.

大學裡沒有對我有用的知識

If you learn to be an architect or engineer,

如果你學習建築或者工程專業

that means you ruin more.

意味著你將破壞更多的東西

The more these people work, the mountain will be destroyed more.

這些人的工作越繁忙， 就有越多的山林被破壞

And a good land in Chao Praya Basin

昭披耶盆地的大好土地

will be covered with concrete more and more.

會被越來越多的混凝土所覆蓋

We destroy more.

我們會破壞的更多

If we go to agriculture faculty or something like that,

如果是類似農業這樣的專業

that means we learn how to poison,

意味著我們學習如何下毒

to poison the land, the water,

毒害土地和水

and learn to destroy everything.

學習破壞一切

I feel like everything we do is so complicated, so hard.

我覺得我們做的每件事 都是那麼複雜，那麼困難

We just make everything hard.

我們人為製造了很多困難

Life was so hard and I felt disappointed.

生活太難了，我覺得很失望

I started to think about, why did I have to be in Bangkok?

我開始思考，為什麼要到曼谷來

I thought about when I was a kid,

我記得在我小的時候

nobody worked eight hours per day,

沒有人會一天工作8個小時

everybody worked two hours, two months a year,

大家每天只工作兩小時， 每年只工作兩個月

planting rice one month and harvesting the rice another month.

一個月種大米，一個月收大米

The rest is free time, ten months of free time.

其它時間都是空閒的，十個月閒置時間

That's why people have so many festivals in Thailand,

這就是為什麼泰國有那麼多的節日

every month they have festival.

每個月都有節日

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Because they have so much free time.

因為他們有太多的自由時間

And then in the daytime, everyone even takes a nap.

白天的時候，每個人都會睡午覺

Even now in Laos, go to Laos if you can,

現在即使在寮國，你可以去寮國看看

people take a nap after lunch.

人們在午飯後也會睡午覺

And after they wake up, they just gossip,

睡醒之後，他們就閒聊

how's your son-in-law, how's your wife, daughter-in-law.

你的女婿怎麼樣、 你的妻子、兒媳婦如何如何

People have a lot of time,

人們有太多的時間

but because they have a lot of time,

因為他們有這麼多的時間

they have time to be with themselves.

他們就可以從容地做回自己

And when they have time to be with themselves,

當他們有時間做回自己

they have time to understand themselves.

他們就有時間瞭解自己

When they understand themselves,

當他們瞭解了自己

they can see what they want in their life.

就可以看到自己一生的目標是什麼

So, many people see that they want happiness,

很多人發現他們想要幸福

they want love, they want to enjoy their life.

想要愛，想要享受生活

So, people see a lot of beauty in their life,

於是人們看到了生命中的許多美麗

so they express that beauty in many ways.

他們用各種各樣的方式來展現美麗

Some people by carving the handle of their knife,

有些人喜歡雕刻刀柄

very beautiful,

很漂亮

they weave the baskets very nicely.

他們編的籃子很好看

But, now, nobody uses that word.

但是現在，沒人做這個工作了

Nobody can do something like that.

再也沒有人會這項手藝了

People use plastic everywhere.

到處都是塑膠

So, I feel like it's something wrong in there,

所以我覺得肯定出了一些問題

I cannot live this way I'm living.

我不能用現在這種方式生活下去

So, I decided to quit University,

於是我決定離開大學

and went back home.

回到家鄉

When I went back home, I started to live like I remember,

當我回到家鄉，我開始了我小時候

like when I was a kid.

記憶中的生活方式

I started to work two months a year.

我每年只工作兩個月

I got four tons of rice.

就收穫了四噸大米

And the whole family, six people,

一家六口人

we eat less than half a ton per year.

一年吃不到半噸大米

So we can sell some rice.

我們還可以賣出一些大米

I took two ponds, two fish ponds.

我挖了兩個魚塘

We have fish to eat all year round.

裡面的魚足夠我們吃一整年

And I started a small garden.

我還搞了一個小菜園

Less than half an acre.

不到半英畝

And I spend 15 minutes per day to take care of the garden.

我每天花15分鐘打理菜園

I have more than 30 varieties of vegetables in the garden.

裡面種了30多種蔬菜

So, six people cannot eat all of it.

六口人根本吃不了

We have a surplus to sell in the market.

我們還可以拿到市場去賣

We can make some income, too.

還能有一些收入

So, I feel like, it's easy, why did I have to be in Bangkok

我覺得這太輕鬆了，為什麼要去曼谷

for seven years, working hard and then not have enough to eat,

辛苦工作7年，還吃不飽呢？

but here, only two months a year and 15 minutes per day

在這裡，我每年工作兩個月， 每天花15分鐘時間

I can feed six people.

就可以養活六口人

That's easy.

太輕鬆了

And before I thought that stupid people like me

以前我覺得，像我這樣的蠢人

who never got a good grade at school,

在學校裡從沒取得過好成績

cannot have a house.

肯定連棟房子都買不起

Because people who are cleverer than me,

但是比我聰明的那些人

who are number one in the class every year,

每年都在班級裡排名第一的那些人

they get a good job,

他們有一份好工作

but they need to work more than 30 years to have a house.

但是也需要工作30多年才能買一棟房子

But me, who cannot finish university, how could I have a house?

但是我呢？沒有讀完大學 怎麼能擁有一棟房子？

Hopeless for people who have low education, like me.

像我這樣沒有受過教育的人是沒有希望的

But, then I started to do earthly building, it's so easy.

但是當我開始用老方法蓋房

I spend two hours per day, from 5 o'clock in the morning,

我每天花兩個小時，從早上5點

until 7 o'clock in the morning, two hours per day.

到早上7點，每天兩個小時

And in three months, I got a house.

三個月之後，我有了一座房子

And another friend who's the most clever in the class,

我的一個朋友，他是班上最聰明的學生

he spent three months to build his house, too.

他也花了三個月蓋起自己的房子

But, he had to be in debt. He had to pay for his debt for 30 years.

但他不得不負債，要償還債務30年

So, compared to him, I have 29 years and 10 months of free time.

所以，和他相比 我多了29年10個月的自由時間

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

So, I feel that life is so easy.

所以，我覺得生活很簡單

I never thought I could build a house as easy as that.

我從未想過這麼容易地蓋起一座房子

And I keep building a house every year, at least one house every year.

於是我繼續蓋房子，每年至少蓋一座

Now, I have no money, but I have many houses.

現在，我沒有錢，但是我有很多房子

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

My problem is in which house I will sleep tonight.

我的煩惱就是每晚要在哪個房子裡睡覺

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

So, "how" is not a problem, anybody can build a house.

所以，「方法」並不是問題， 誰都能蓋起一座房子

The kids, 13 years old, at the school,

學校裡13歲的孩子們

they make bricks together, they make a house.

他們把磚塊拼在一起，就有了一座房子

After one month, they have a library.

一個月之後，他們就有了一個圖書館

The kids can make a house,

孩子們可以蓋房

a very old nun can build a hut for herself.

老奶奶也可以給自己蓋一個小棚屋

Many people can build a house.

很多人都可以蓋房子

So, it's easy.

所以，這很簡單

If you don't believe me, try it.

如果你不相信，自己去試試

If somebody wants to have a house.

只要你想要把房子蓋起來

And then, the next thing is clothing.

接下來的一件事是衣服

I felt like I'm poor, like I'm not handsome.

我覺得自己很窮，長得也不帥氣

I tried to dress like somebody else, like a movie star.

我試圖穿得像別人一樣，像電影明星一樣

To make myself look good, look better.

讓我自己更好看

I spent one month to save money to buy a pair of jeans.

我存了一個月的錢買了一條牛仔褲

When I wore them, I turned left, I turned right,

我穿上它，左轉轉，右轉轉

looked in the mirror.

照著鏡子

Every time I look, I am the same person.

再怎麼看，我還是我自己

The most expensive pants cannot change my life.

最貴的褲子也改變不了我的生活

I felt like I'm so crazy, why did I have to buy them?

我覺得自己瘋了，為什麼要買這個東西？

Spend one month to have a pair of pants.

花一個月的積蓄買一條褲子

It doesn't change me.

改變不了我

I started to think more about that.

我更深入地思考

Why do we need to follow fashion?

我們為什麼要追求時尚？

Because, when we follow fashion, we never catch up with it,

因為我們是追逐時尚，但是永遠追不上

because we follow it.

永遠是跟在後面

So, don't follow it, just stay here.

所以不要再追了，停下吧

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Use what you have.

用你自己有的東西

So, after that, until now, 20 years, I have never bought any clothes.

所以，從那以後一直到現在 20年來，我沒有買過衣服

All the clothes I have are leftovers from people.

我所有的衣服都是別人剩下的

When people come to visit me, and when they leave,

人們來拜訪我，他們走的時候

they leave a lot of clothes there.

給我留下很多衣服

So, I have tons of clothes now.

所以我現在有成堆的衣服

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

And when people see me wear very old clothes,

當人們看到我穿的舊衣服

they give me more clothes.

就會送給我更多的衣服

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

So, my problem is, I need to give clothes to people very often.

所以我現在的煩惱是 我需要經常把衣服送給別人

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

So, it's so easy.

所以，很簡單

And when I stopped buying clothes, I felt like, it's not only clothes,

當我不再買衣服，我感到，不僅僅是衣服

it's about something else in my life,

還有生活中其它的一些事情

What I learned is that when I buy something,

我明白，當我買一些東西

and I think about, I buy it because I like it,

我覺得，是因為我喜歡它

or I buy it because I need it.

或者是因為我需要它

So, if I buy it because I like it, that means I'm wrong.

如果是因為我喜歡它，就說明我錯了

So, I feel more free when I think like this.

想到這一點，我覺得更自由了

And the last thing is, when I get sick, what will I do?

最後一件事是，如果我生病了該怎麼辦？

I really worried in the beginning, because then I had no money.

開始的時候我很擔心，因為當時我沒有錢

But, I started to contemplate more.

但是，我開始更深入地思考

Normally, sickness is a normal thing, it's not a bad thing.

生病很正常，並不是一件壞事

Sickness is something to remind us that we did something wrong in our lives,

生病是在提醒我們， 在生活中做錯了某些事情

that's why we got sick.

所以我們才會生病

So, when I get sick, I need to stop and come back to myself.

所以生病的時候， 我需要停下來反省自己

And think about it, what I did was wrong.

仔細考慮哪裡做錯了

So, I learned how to use water to heal myself,

所以我學會用水來治療自己

how to use earth to heal myself,

用大自然資源來治療自己

I learned how to use basic knowledge to heal myself.

用一些最基礎的知識治療自己

So, now that I rely on myself in these four things,

所以，這四件事情，我全部自給自足

I feel like life is very easy,

我覺得這很簡單

I feel something like freedom, I feel free.

我感覺到自由、輕鬆

I feel like I don't worry about anything much,

我覺得不需要為任何事情擔心

I have less fear, I can do whatever I want in my life.

我不再害怕，我可以做自己想做的事情

Before, I had a lot of fear, I could not do anything.

早先我很害怕，很多事情不能做

But, now I feel very free, like I'm a unique person on this Earth,

但是現在我很自由， 感覺像是地球上獨一無二的人

nobody like me, I don't need to make myself like anybody else.

我再也不需要讓自己去模仿任何人

I'm the number one.

唯我獨尊

So, things like this make it easy, very light.

這麼想，事情很簡單、很輕鬆

And, after that, I started to think about

之後，我開始思考

that when I was in Bangkok, I felt very dark in my life.

當我在曼谷的時候，我感覺生活一片黑暗

I started to think that many people maybe thought like me at the time.

或許很多人和我的感覺一樣

So, we started a place called "Pun Pun" in Chiang Mai.

所以我們在清邁建立了個地方 叫做「Pun Pun」

The main aim is just saving seed.

主要的目的是節約種子

To collect seed, because seed is food, food is life.

收集種子，因為種子就是食物， 而食物就是生命

If there is no seed, no life.

沒有種子，就沒有生命

No seed, no freedom.

沒有種子，就沒有自由

No seed, no happiness.

沒有種子，就沒有幸福

Because your life depends on somebody else.

沒有食物

Because you have no food.

你的生命就要依賴其他人

So, it's very important to save seed.

所以，收集種子是非常重要的

That's why we focus on saving seed.

這就是為什麼我們要收集種子

That's the main thing in Pun Pun.

這就是Pun Pun的目的

And the second thing is it is the learning center.

第二個行動是建立學習中心

We want to have a center for ourselves to learn,

我們希望有一個可以學習的地方

learn how to make life easy.

學習如何讓生活變得輕鬆

Because we were taught to make life complicated and hard all the time.

因為我們學習到的東西總是 讓我們的生活變得複雜、艱難

How can we make it easy? It's easy,

我們怎麼會讓生活變得簡單？ 其實生活一點都不難

but we don't know how to make it easy anymore.

但是我們已經不知道 怎樣讓生活變得簡單了

Because we always make it complicated

我們總是把它搞得複雜

and now, we start to learn, and learn to be together.

所以我們需要學習，需要如何相處

Because, we were taught to disconnect ourselves

因為我們學到的是把自己

from everything else, to be independent,

與周圍一切隔斷聯繫，完全獨立

so we can rely on the money only.

僅僅依賴金錢

We don't need to rely on each other.

而不需要依賴其他人

But now, to be happy, we need to come back,

但是現在，為了幸福

to connect to ourselves again, to connect to other people,

我們必須回歸自我，與他人保持聯繫

to connect our mind and body together again.

讓我們的心靈與身體真正結合在一起

So, we can be happy. Life is easy.

這樣我們就能獲得幸福，生活很簡單

And from beginning until now, what I learned

從開始到現在，我瞭解了

is the four basic needs: food, house, clothes and medicine

四個基本需求：食物、住房、衣服和藥物

must be cheap and easy for everybody,

它們必須足夠便宜，可以讓所有人方便獲得

that's the civilization.

這才是文明

But, if you make these four things hard and very hard for many people to get,

但是如果你讓人們很難得到這四樣東西

that's uncivilized.

就是不文明