There is a particular Buddhist story that reassured(使安心，使确信) me I had found the right path(找到正确的道路).
有一个特别的佛教故事让我确信自己找到了正确的道路。
The story goes that Prince Siddhartha Gautama was deep in spiritual practice – arduous(艰苦的，费力的), unforgiving(无情的，不宽容的) practice. He had tried everything from breath-holding(屏息，憋气) to extreme fasting(禁食，斋戒). But none of it brought the freedom from suffering he sought.(但这一切都没有带来他所寻求的解脱苦难。)
故事是这样的：悉达多·乔达摩王子深陷于精神修行——艰苦而无情的修行。他尝试过从屏息到极端禁食的一切方法。但这一切都没有带来他所寻求的解脱苦难。
As is sometimes the case(正如有时会发生的那样) in those moments, he was graced with(有幸获得，蒙受) a memory. He remembered being a child, sitting under the shade of a rose apple tree while his father worked nearby. As he sat there, free from preoccupation, his mind settled and his experience became infused with a deep sense of pleasure and ease.(当他坐在那里，摆脱了杂念，他的心安定下来，他的体验中充满了深深的愉悦与自在。)
正如那些时刻有时会发生的那样，他幸运地获得了一段回忆。他记得自己还是个孩子时，坐在玫瑰苹果树的树荫下，父亲在附近劳作。当他坐在那里，摆脱了杂念，他的心安定下来，他的体验中充满了深深的愉悦与自在。