【中英双语】震撼首发 | 神树天梯——解读神秘的三星堆文明

三星堆青铜神树的原型，来自远古文献所记载的神树“建木”。古蜀国的建木，是众多蜀王来往天界的通道。《淮南子•地形训》云：“建木在都广，众帝所自上下。”

As per documented in the ancient writings, the original structure of the bronze divine tree from Sanxingdui emanates from the divine tree“Jianmu”. The jianmu of ancient Shu served as the passageway to and fro the heavenly realm for many Kings of Shu. As stated in <Huainanzi, Terrain training>: 

所谓“世界”，“世”是时间，“界”是空间。神树连通时间和空间，成为时空的中间通道。

The so-called “world (shi jie in Chinese)”, “Shi” refers to time, “Jie” refers to space. The divine tree connects time and space, becoming the passageway between time and space.

神树是通天之梯，也是生命从形而下到形而上的具体实践方法。

The divine tree is the stairway to heaven, and is also a concrete method for the upward spiral of life, instead of downward. 

它把生命以树的形态立体地呈现出来。神树的中轴，是盘旋向上的DNA模式，代表三维通过四维上升的过程。

Life is presented in a concrete manner through the form of a tree. The bottom axis of the divine tree spirals up like the pattern of DNA, representing the process for the upgrading from the three dimensional to the four dimensional.

在佛教里，梵文“阿”字代表通天的一个通道。通过戒定慧的修学，生命一层一层地升华，升华到一定程度，就会有一个通道开放、显现出来。

In Buddhism, Sanskrit word “Ah” represents one of the passageways to heaven. Through the practicing and studying of Precepts, Samadhi & Wisdom, life gets elevated in stages. When such elevation reaches a certain point, a passageway will open up and manifest itself. 

从三星堆到古埃及，从古印度到玛雅，纵观东西方各大文明，虽相隔千山万水，神树的名字各有不同，但神树的思想内涵却惊人地一致。

From Sanxingdui to ancient Egypt, from ancient India to Maya, various great civilizations of the east and the west have been uncovered. Though separated by great distance, while the divine tree took on different names, the underlying attribute of the divine tree remains astoundingly consistent.

神树，不仅是一个宇宙文明往来地球的通道，实际上也为地球生命搭建了一个通往宇宙的时空隧道。而这个时空隧道，要靠我们用生命的实践去完成。

Not only does the divine tree serve as the two-way passage between the universe’s civilization and the earth, it has in fact, built the time tunnel between the life on earth and the universe. And this time tunnel requires us to complete it through the practice with our lives.