《美食祈禱和戀愛》Chapter 63 (140):新工作的頭銜

The next morning I was down on my knees in the temple, scrubbing the marble floor again, emanating (I imagined) a holy radiance of silence, when an Indian teenage boy came looking for me with a message—that I needed to report to the Seva Office immediately. Seva is the Sanskrit term for the spiritual practice of selfless service (for instance, the scrubbing of a temple floor). The Seva Office administers all the work assignments for the Ashram. So I wandered over there, very curious as to why I’d been summoned, and the nice lady at the desk asked me, “Are you Elizabeth Gilbert?”

隔天早晨，我跪在寺院，再一次刷洗大理石地板，散發出（我想象）靜默的神聖光芒。這時，一名印度少年來找我，帶了個信息——我得馬上向“歇瓦”處報到。“歇瓦”是梵語，意味無私服務的心靈實踐（例如，刷洗寺院地板）。“歇瓦”辦公室執行道場的工作分派。於是我走去那裏，好奇爲何召喚我去。服務檯前客氣有禮的女士問我：“你是伊莉莎白·吉爾伯特？”

I smiled at her with the warmest piety and nodded. Silently.

我虔誠地微笑點頭，安靜不語。

Then she told me that my work detail had been changed. Due to a special request from management, I was no longer to be part of the floor-scrubbing team. They had a new position in mind for me at the Ashram.

她接着跟我說，我的工作內容已經更換。基於管理方面的特別要求，我不再屬於刷地板部門，他們要分派給我一份新工作。

And the title of my new job was—if you will kindly dig this—"Key Hostess." Eat, Pray, Love

新工作的頭銜是——您若明白這是什麼玩意——“主招待”。