typhotic iceberg 煙霧冰山

For Buddhist Revolutionaries 給予佛教徒革命家

(I wrote this polemic in December of 2022; even though it doesn't completely reflect my current political thinking, I believe that it reflects the development of my political thinking, so I want to post it here with minor edits for commemoration.)

（這是我 2022 年 12 月寫的反調；雖然不完全反映我現在的政治思想，我認為它有反映我的政治思想的發展，所以想稍微修改一下 po 在這裡做紀念。）

1

Don't make truths, make enemies.

做的不該是真理，是敵人。

2

As long as I have enemies, I will not call myself a hero. As long as there are those who say I am wrong, I will not call myself correct. As long as suffering remains in this world, I will not call myself enlightened. As long as our revolutions have yet to be won, I will not call myself a revolutionary.

只要我有敵人，我就不會說自己是英雄。只要有人說我錯，我就不會說自己是對。只要痛苦還在這世界中，我就不會說自己有正覺。只要我們的革命還未勝，我就不會說自己是革命家。

3

Revolution is first and foremost a worldly task. Do not dare to speak of spiritual liberation if the world's liberation has not been won.

革命首先是個世間任務。如果世間解脫未勝，別有膽子去談靈性解脫。

4

A revolutionary will forsake nirvana for the world.

革命家會為了世界拋棄涅槃。

5

Revolution is samsara, an endless cycle of death and rebirth, of violent escape.

革命是輪迴、是不斷生死的循環、是暴力性的逃路。

6

Yes, violence is necessary for revolution. But not all violence is revolutionary.

沒錯，革命需要暴力。但不是所有的暴力都會有革命性。

7

Those who fear violence: do you fear to aim or be shot?

怕暴力的人：你們怕的是瞄準還是被射？

8

Upaya means by any means necessary.

佛教的方便表示該利用一切必要的手段。

9

If it helps, keep it. If it fails, abandon it.

有幫助就留。沒幫助就丟。

10

Reality is what we collectively decide to permit.

現實是我們集體決定要容許的事。

11

Don’t make friends, make comrades.

做的不該是朋友，是同志。

12

Don’t make peace, make justice.

做的不該是和平，是正義。

13

To hell like a mad dog.

像瘋狗一樣去死。