Imagine two children in the same class. Both worked hard, but only one of them won the drawing contest. The first child has a jealous heart （嫉妒的心） — small, dark, and tight. It says, “So what? Why not me?” That tight feeling does not take the prize away from anyone; it only makes the jealous child unhappy.
想像同一個班上的兩個小孩。兩個人都很努力，但只有其中一個贏得了繪畫比賽。第一個小孩有一顆嫉妒的心──小小的、暗暗的、緊緊的。它說：「那又怎樣？為什麼不是我？」那份緊繃的感覺並沒有從任何人手上把獎搶走；它只是讓這個嫉妒的小孩不快樂而已。
The second child has a Muditā heart （隨喜的心） — bright, open, and growing wider. It says, “Good job! I’m happy for you!” Nothing was lost. The winner is still the winner — but now two children are smiling instead of one. The joy doubled.
第二個小孩有一顆隨喜的心──明亮、敞開，而且愈來愈寬廣。它說：「做得好！我為你感到開心！」什麼都沒有失去。贏的人還是贏家──但現在有兩個小孩在微笑，而不是只有一個。喜悅加倍了。
This is the secret of Muditā: another person’s success does not make you smaller. Jealousy is a little poison, and Muditā is the antidote （解毒劑）. Before we can be glad for others, we settle our own heart with self-love: I am safe, I am loved, I am happy, I am enough. When you know you are enough, your heart has plenty of room for everyone’s happiness.
這就是隨喜（Muditā）的祕密：別人的成功並不會讓你變得渺小。嫉妒是一點小小的毒，而隨喜就是解毒劑（antidote）。在我們能為別人感到歡喜之前，我們先用自我慈愛安定自己的心：我很安全，我被愛著，我很快樂，我已經足夠。當你知道自己已經足夠，你的心就有很多空間，可以容下每一個人的快樂。