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かなり長文ですが得意な方お願いします(~_~;) Sakyamuni(566?-480 B.C.) was the founder of Buddhism. He was born into the Sakya clan in Lumbini in present day Nepal. One day, one of his disciples went to a certain village that was living in fear of a terrible dragon. Even the birds were so frightened of the dragon that they would not fly over the village. The disciple spent a night sitting in Zen meditation, and the next day reasoned with the dragon so successfully that it converted to Buddhism. The disciple gained instant fame by this, and the vilagers went all out in their hospitality to him. They game him all the liquor he could hold, and he got completely drunk. Seeing his disciple who had just tamed a terrible dragob too drunk even to reason with a little frog, Sakyamuni forbade the drinking of liquor. Sakyamuni declared that liquor was to be avoided because, taken in excess, it leads to mistaked and confusion, and people are no longer able to distinguish the important from the trival. One of the sutras states that drinking to excess leads to: 1) loss of wealth 2) illness 3) becoming argumentative 4) loss of reputation by revealing weak points 5) becoming prone to violence 6) loss of wisdom. These six points could refer to anyone, not just Buddhists. Some Buddhist sects are stricter than others, but where liquor is concerned, all Buddhist priests take the non-drinking doctrine seriously, and preach it to Buddhist believers. It may at first sound surprising, but Buddhism does not forbid the eating of meat. In the earliest days of Buddhism, lay people said to the ascetics, "You enjoy eating poultry and rice, but it's said you frown on worldly things. What exactly does that mean? The ascetics replied, "The talking of life, theft, and adultery are all types of Worldly behavior. Simply shaving our heads and refusing to eat meat is not what true asceticism is about." I have frequently visited Buddhist temples in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. The monks eat the food they collect in their begging bowls each morning. The foods are various: cooked chicken, sautéed fish, hardboiled eggs, and vegetables with white rice. All the food is delicious for having been donated with kindness by local people. The oldest monk mixes all the different foods together by hand, and then encourages the other monks to eat, saying,"Help yourselves." The oldest monk spoke about his job. "We never see animals being killed for food, and as long as the animals are not killed for our benefit, we receive the meat gratefully. Everyone enjoys delicious food. I mix the food to make sure it is not too delicious, otherwise we will think more about food than about religious training."Devout Buddhists in Southeast Asia are not allowed to eat solid food from noon on. For the rest of the day, they are allowed only water and tea. This, too, may be considered an austerity that is tied to food. There are two large schools of Buddhism. One is found in Southeast Asia, and is said to be the original Buddhism practiced at the time of Sakyamuni. The other, found in East Asia (including Japan), broke away from the original Buddhism 200 years after the death of Sakyamuni. It is a reformist school that arose in response to the conservatism of ancient Buddhism. Some forms of East Asian Buddhism are strongly against eating meat and drinking liquor. They consider meat to be "the food of the devil." This is why eating meat was banned in Japan and China. India was originally a land of vegatarianism, meaning neither meat no fish is eaten, only vegetables. There are even extreme vegetarians who refuse to eat eggs. This was too extreme for the people of one province, who set up lots of signs reading "Eggs are vegetables!" In Japan in 675, meat eating by the Buddhist clergy was banned by Imperial edict. The edict was not rescinded until 1873. Even so, in large temples that venerate ancient rituals, traditional Buddhist vegetarianism, called shojin cuisine, is still practiced.

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ご質問の投稿があった直後から取りかかっていたのですが、途中で何度か中断してしまいましたので、遅ればせながら今お答えします。 釈迦牟尼(紀元前566年?-480年)(*)は、仏教の創立者です。彼は現代のネパール、ルンビニで釈迦族に生まれました。ある日、彼の弟子の1人が、こわい龍を恐れながら暮らしているある村へ行きました。鳥でさえ、龍を恐れるあまりその村の上を飛ぼうともしませんでした。弟子は、座禅で瞑想しながら一夜を過ごし、翌日龍をうまく折伏(しゃくぶく)したので、その村は仏教に転向しました。弟子はこれによって一時的な名声を獲得し、村人たちは彼のもてなしに大わらわでした。彼らは、彼が飲めるだけのアルコールを振る舞い、彼はすっかり酔ってしまいました。恐ろしい龍を手なずけた弟子が飲みすぎて小さな蛙にも説法できなくなった(**)のを見て、釈迦牟尼は酒類を飲むことを禁止しました。酒類を過度に取ると過誤や混乱を来たし、人々は、もはや重要なものと下らないものを区別することができなくなるので、釈迦牟尼が酒類の飲用を避けるべきであると宣言したのでした。 (*)釈迦牟尼の生没年は一般に紀元前566年~486年とされている。 (**)too drunk even to reason with a little frog「小さな蛙に説法するには飲みすぎて」とは、「飲みすぎて小さな蛙にも説法できなくなって」。 経典の1つに、過度の飲酒は次のことに結びつくと述べています。すなわち、1)富の損失、2)病気、3)硬論的になること、4)弱点の露呈による評判の喪失、5)暴力性を帯びること、6)智恵の喪失です。これらの6点は、仏教徒だけでなく誰にでも通用することです。仏教徒の分派によっては、他派より厳密だったりしますが、酒に関する限りは、すべての僧侶が禁酒主義を真摯に受けとめ、仏教信者にそれを説いています。 最初に聞くと驚くかもしれませんが、仏教は、肉食を禁じてはいません。仏教のごく初期のころ、世俗の人々が苦行僧に言いました。「あなたは、鶏肉類や米食を享受なさっていますが、世俗的なものには眉をひそめますね。それは正確に言ってどういう意味ですか?」修行僧は答えました。「世間話、窃盗および不義不貞などはすべて世俗的な振る舞いの類です。ただ頭を丸め肉食を拒絶することだけが真の禁欲主義の関わることではありません。」(*) (*)what true asceticism is about「真の禁欲主義が行うこと・関わること」。 私は、ベトナムのメコン・デルタにある仏教寺院を頻繁に訪れました。修行僧は、毎朝、托鉢用のお碗で集めた食物を食べます。食物は様々です。すなわち、調理済みの鶏肉、油炒めの魚(ソテー)、固ゆで卵、野菜などと白米です。食物がすべておいしいのは、地元住民によって親切に寄贈されたものだからです。 最年長の修行僧は、いろんな食物をすべて手で混ぜ合せ、それから「どうぞ召し上がれ」と言いながら、他の修行僧に食べることを勧めます。最年長の修行僧が彼の務めについて話してくれました。「動物が食物のために殺されるのを私たちは決して見ません。動物が私たちの利益のために殺されるのでない限り、私たちは感謝しつつ肉を受け取ります。誰もがおいしい食物を喜びます。私は、あまりおいし過ぎないようにするために食物を混ぜるのです。そうしなければ、私たちは、宗教の修行よりも食物の方に頭が行ってしまうでしょう。」東南アジアの敬虔な仏教徒は、正午を過ぎてからは固形の食物を食べることが認められません。その後は終日、ただ水とお茶が許されるだけです。これもまた、食物に関連する禁欲生活と考えられるかもしれません。 仏教には2つの大きな宗派があります。1つは東南アジアに見られるもので、釈迦牟尼の時代に実践されていた原始仏教であると言われています。もう1つは、東アジア(日本を含む)で見られるもので、釈迦牟尼の没後200年の後に原始仏教から枝分かれしました。それは古代仏教の保守主義に対応して発生した、改革派です。東アジアの仏教の幾つかの作法は、肉食と飲酒に強く反対します。彼らは肉を「悪魔の食物」であると考えます。これが、日本や中国で肉食が禁止された理由です。 インドはもともと、肉も魚も食べず野菜だけを食べる菜食主義の土地でした。卵を食べるのも拒絶する極端な菜食主義者さえいます。ある地方の人々にとってこれはあまりにも極端でしたので、それで彼らは「卵は野菜です!」と書いた看板をたくさん掲げたものでした(*)。675年の日本で、仏教聖職者の肉食が勅令の布告によって禁止されました。その布告は、1873年まで廃止されませんでした。それでも、古代の儀式を尊重する大寺院では、精進料理と呼ばれる伝統的な仏教徒菜食主義がいまだに行われています。 (*)This was too extreme for the people of one province, who…「ある地方の人々にとってこれはあまりにも極端なことでしたので、それで彼らは(…しました)」。このwho は、いわゆる非制限用法の関係代名詞で、カンマを介して先行詞(people)を説明しますので、上のような訳になりました。

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The disciple gained instant fame by this, and the villagers went all out in their hospitality to him. They gave him all the liquor he could hold, and he got completely drunk. Seeing his disciple who had just tamed a terrible dragon too drunk even to reason with a little frog, sakyamuni forbade the drinking of liquor. Sakyamuni declared that liquor was to be avoided because, taken in excess, it leads to mistake and confusion, and people are no longer able to distinguish the important from the trivial. これによってその弟子は俄かに名声を博し、村人は挙って彼に報いた。好きなだけ酒を振舞い、弟子は完全に酩酊した。恐ろしい竜をも説得したこの弟子が、飲み過ぎて小さな蛙さえ説得に梃子摺っている様を見て、仏陀は酒を禁じた。仏陀の宣言はこうだった。酒は禁ずる。何故なら過度の飲酒は、誤謬と混沌を招くからだ。更に人心から瑣末と重要とを区別する判断を奪うと。 ♪ここで夕餉の買出しに出向かせて頂きとう存じます。悪しからず。

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回答No.2

One day, one of his disciples went to a certain village that was living in fear of a terrible dragon. Even the birds were so frightened of the dragon that they would not fly over the village. The disciple spent a night sitting in Zen meditation, and the next day reasoned with the dragon so successfully that it converted to Buddhism. ある日、仏陀の弟子の一人が、竜の恐怖に慄くとある村へ訪れた。鳥でさえ恐怖を感じて、その村の上空を飛んだりはしないほどだった。 その弟子は夜を徹して禅瞑想に耽った。そしてその翌日、竜に教えを懇々と諭すと、竜は仏教への改宗に応じるという。 ♪一寸野暮用が入りましたので失礼します。また後刻に。

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回答No.1

長いので数回に分けてお届け致しましょう。 Sakyamuni(566?-480 B.C.) was the founder of Buddhism. He was born into the Sakya clan in Lumbini in present day Nepal. 仏陀(紀元前566?~480年)は仏教の創始者であった。 彼は現在のネパール王国であるルンビニの釈迦族として生を授かった。 以降は次回のお楽しみです。

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    長文の訳お願いします。わからず困っています(~_~;) Judaism, Christianity and Islam were all born in the Middle East. a place of sand and rocks with few oases. All three religions venerate the Old Testament which begins with the book of Genesis containing the story of how Adam and Eve were driven from paradise for eating the forbidden fruit. Judaism recognizes the Old Testament as its Bible. Christianity venerates the Old Testament, but also believes in the New Testament, which tells the life story of Jesus Christ.Islam venerates both the Old Testament and the New Testament, and also believes in the Koran, a collection of revelations from God to the Prophet Muhammad. Christ, who was Jewish, is traditionally considered lo have been born in the year 1 A.D. However, based on research into contemporary natural phenomena and Christ's biographical records, it seems he was born between 7 and 4 B.C. His actual birth date is not recorded in the Bible. Until the 4th century, his birthday was thought to be either May 20 or January 6. December 25 was chosen as his birthday long after that. Japanese followers of Buddhism seem to love celebrating festivals, and so they also celebrate the birthday of the founder of a foreign religion. What are the food taboos of Christianity? The distinctions between pure and impure given in the Old Testament are not included in the New Testament. Christians believe God created all living things, and thus no food is considered impure, as long as we give thanks for what we eat. God has provided us with food for another day, and so we adopt a frame of mind in which we thank God for His Kindness. Unlike Islam, Christianity does not ban the drinking of alcohol. However, some Chrisdan sects take different views. For example, Protestantism entered Japan in the Meiji Period, and was strongly against the use of liquor and tobacco. This is good medical advice, and is easy to understand from a religious viewpoint. Broadly speaking, Christianity has had both rigorous and easy-going sects depending on the prevailing ideology of the age. The medieval monasteries of the powerful Catholic Church did not allow the monks to eat meat. One reason seems to be that, in the pre-refrigeration age, the black pepper used to preserve meat had to be imported from the Far East, and so was a real luxury. Black pepper was also thought to stimulate sexual desire, so it was not suitable for celibate monks. lt seems that monks were only allowed to eat meat when they were ill. It is easy to understand why monastery cuisine never became popular in meat-loving Europe. Conversely, Buddhist cuisine which also eschewed meat eating, was widely adopted in Japan because of Japan's long history of meatless cuisine. Many scholars of comparative culture believe thay, because Judaism in the time of Chirst had many strict rules in addition to dietary laws, it was difficult for it to become a broad-based religion with mass appeal. By decreasing the number of laws and taboos of its parent religion Judaism, Christianity opened the door to becoming a worldwide religion.

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    The eel is truly an mysterious fish. As is well known, young eels return from the sea to grow big in rivers. What no one knows is where they are born or from where they travel to Japan. They seem to come from the deep sea teaches around the Philippines, but this is not known for certain. Thus, we can't catch a lot of young eels, and there is also a natural limit on our ability to farm eels. We have finally learned how to make mature eels lay eggs, but as we do not know what young eels eat, we cannot raise them from birth. In other words, eels cannot be farmed from birth through to maturity. Today, there's some disagreement between eel chefs and sushi chefs. At eel restaurants, they will serve a strip of white meat about 5 cm long and call it baby eel. Sushi restaurants, on the other hand, deny that it is eel;they say it is baby conger or sea snake. It is hard to imagine it is baby eel, because baby eel is hard to come by in quantity. Anyway, no matter who is right, baby eels are a mystery to eel lovers. What is also strange is that although Japanese waters should be a fine breeding ground for eels, young eels are hardly ever found. On the other hand, there are countries such as Spain which have an abundance of young eels. A favorite Spanish dish is to take heaps of European baby eels seasoned with olive oil and garlic, and then cook them in clay pots. There are probably more baby eels on each plate than a Japanese will eat in a lifetime. Another strange thing is that, half a world away from Spain in Venezuela, baby eels are eaten the same way. It helps to know that Venezuela is by far the wealthiest nation in the region, and frozen baby eels are flown in from Spain. Of course, Venezuela was originally conquered by Spain in the Age of Discovery, and the privileged classes of Spanish ancestry still uphold a "Spanish diet." Europeans enjoy eating not only baby eels, but eels in many ways. The north German city of Hamburg is known for its varied gourmet cuisine, and its eel soup with fruit is very unusual. Smoked eel is commonly eaten in Europe in soup or sauteed. And remember, it's bad manners to slurp your eel soup. There is a poem in Manyoshu that goes:"Won't you have some eel? It keeps you strong in summer." The benefits of eating eel to prevent exhaustion in summer were well known in those times, which indicates just how ancient our history of eel-eating is. The Japanese have always had great faith in the benefits of eating dark-col-healthy. That is why catfish was popular. Among the varieties of dark meat, eel is especially delicious. In the Edo Period, eels that came up from Tokyo Bay into the Fuka and Kanda Rivers were considered the finest, while those found elsewhere were considered less flavorful. It's hard to imagine that the flavor of the former would be different from eel caught locally. Anyway, oddly enough, there are two big misunderstandings about eel among Japanese people. The first is that eel is a specialty of Japan. When you understand how highly valued eel is in Europe, you might eat it more often. The second is that some people hate eel, associating its shape with snakes, even though they have never tried it. If they could get rid of that senseless association, many more people would try eel.

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    Let's take a brief tour of a raw meat-eating region. Welcome to the polar region of Canada's Melville Peninsula. The native peoples used to be called Eskimos. This was a derogatory term given them by native peoples from the south, meaning raw meat eaters. They are the meat of caribou, seals, and walruses raw. "Meat" includes the innards, which are considered the most exquisite parts of the animals. You might remember seeing documentary films of lions going straight for the innards of their victims. Of course, in that frozen part of the world, fruits, vegetables, and grains are unobtainable. The native peoples do not suffer from scurvy, and in fact have glossy faces, thanks to their diet of raw meat. A japanese cultural anthropologist who lived among these northern people learned that because of the bland flavor of raw meat, it is possible to eat a lot of it at each meal as a staple food, in the same way Japanese eat rice. Some parts of the innards are bitter while other parts are sour, so if you chew on them as you eat the raw meat, the meat tastes "seasoned" and you never get tired of it. Horsemeat is called cherry meat or sakura-niku in Japan. It may mean that the color of the meat is as beautiful as that of cherry blossom. But it may also mean that horsemeat is a sort of fake meat, sold by con men to unsuspecting passers-by under an exotic-sounding name. Take your choise as to which is the truth. There are those who love horsemeat for its deliciously light flavor. There are few restaurants that serve authentic tartar steak made from horsemeat. Most people do not realize that horsemeat is "the real thing", and that there is no reason to discriminate against it. Where food is concerned, when all is said and done, likes and dislikes are just a matter of taste.

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    The ancient city of Peshawar is located in Pakistan, close to the site of the earliest Buddhist sculptures. Sheep are abundant in that area. Medieval wooden homes line the dark streets, and here and there smoke rises from small restaurants nestled among the homes. All the restaurants serve sheep meat, or mutton. The meat is served grilled on skewers or as small steaks. The most delicious fragrance of all comes from kabobs. Kabob, also called kebab, means "grilled meat" in Arabic. The most common meat comes from sheep. The cheapest and best kabobs are found in small restaurants where the meat is grilled over charcoal. Chunks of meat are placed on skewers and grilled over a charcoal fire. That's it. If the cook is skillful, the meat is moist, and melts in your mouth. Large restaurants will season the meat and cook it with onions, however, the authentic kabob is not even seasoned with salt. The quality of the meat determines the flavor, so small authentic restaurants are the best place for kabob. The word shish kabob comes from the Turkish language, and is understood just about everywhere. Sheep meat is considered a great delicacy just about everywhere in the Middle East and Central Asia. The entire animal is eaten, including its innards. In towns, stalls selling sheep innards stand alongside stalls selling mutton. There are corners where dozens of sheep's heads will be displayed for sale. The brains are considered the tastiest part of the animal, and are eaten boiled with a squirt of fresh lemon. In various regions throughout the Middle East and Central Asia, there is an annual rite in which sheep are sacrificed, and the meat is distributed to relatives and neighbors. It is said that in Pakistan, the finest hospitality is shown to company by killing a sheep in the morning, and serving its brains in the evening.

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    英文解釈で質問です。以下の英文は、あ)、い)の試訳のどちらが正しいと思いますか? ご意見をいただければと思います。私は、直感的に、い)が正しいと思っています。 In those days, it was reported that a sickness called Mad Cow Disease was spreading quickly in Europe and European people were afraid of eating beef. あ) 当時、ヨーロッパでは狂牛病と呼ばれる病気が急速に広まっており、ヨーロッパの人々は牛肉を食べるのを恐れていると言われていた。 い)当時、ヨーロッパでは狂牛病と呼ばれる病気が急速に広まっていると言われており、ヨーロッパの人々は牛肉を食べるのを恐れていた。  つまり、that 節がカバーする範囲が and の前までか、それとも最後までか、という疑問点です。  この文に先行する英文は、以下の通りです。ご参考にしてください。 A new kind of meat can be seen in the supermarkets and restaurants of several places around the world: ostrich meat. Ostrich meat is healthier than beef and even chicken, and tastes delicious. Ostrich meat was first tried in China, because Chinese people like trying new kinds of food. Then in early 1996, the popularity of ostrich meat began to increase worldwide. ・・・・

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    Go to just about any seashore in Japan-Tokyo Bay, Osaka Bay, Nagoya Bay, Hakata Bay, or other places-and have a good look at posts or jetties in the sea. You'll notice blackish, oval shells about 5 cm long clinging to the sides. They are called mussels. Lovers of Italian food are delighted to see them piled on top of a plate of spaghetti in a restaurant. Mussels originally come from a broad area of sea ranging from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean. They arrived in Japan on the bottoms of ships sailing back and forth between that part of the world and Japan. They were first spotted in Japan in Kobe Harbor in 1935, and quickly spread throughout the archipelago. The fame of these shellfish has spread beyond Italy. In France, mussels (or moules in French) are deep-fried like potatoes and called moules frites, they've become a favorite fastfood for ordinary people. In fact, moules frites are even more popular in Belgium than they are in France. They are practically synonymous with Belgian cuisine. That is why the best mussel restaurants in Paris and Brussels almost always recommend Belgian beer to accompany the dish. In Japan, the igai(called nitarigai in some provinces) is a relative of the mussel family. It lives in deeper water than mussels, and can grow three times larger. In ancient times, the shells were collected as a type of tax by the central government. Today, too, they have considerable value. The shell of a European mussel appears slightly more purplish than an igai, and so the former is sometimes called murasakigai. Mussels are such a popular food item in Europe that they are farmed in France and Italy. Strange to say, they seem to pass unnoticed in Japan despite their abundance in the sea. It is a great mistake to think that Japanese mussels are not the "real thing" and European mussels are. It's a pity that only some marine specialists and gourmets appreciate the flavor and delicacy of Japanese mussels. Mussels are hated in Hiroshima and other oyster farming areas. They attach themselves to the shells of the oysters and eat the plankton meant for the oysters. This prevents the growth of the oysters. Oyster farmers pry the mussels off the oyster shells and ship them to market, but there is little demand for them. In Japan, these mussels are a luxury few can afford. In Japan, people who fish from sea walls and jetties frequently use mussels as bait. The poor mussels are collected in handfuls, and then stomped on to crush the shells. Japanese waters have recently become clean again, but there are still obvious pockets of pollution. Probably no one who saw a mussel in a polluted area would wish to eat it. However, there are still plenty of tasty and clean mussels in Japanese Waters. If you ask at a first-class restaurant in Japan whether the mussels they served were caught in Japan or in Europe, shouldn't they answer with pride, "They are from Mie Prefecture," or "They are from lwate Prefecture"?