空性与流散者的心理疗愈:论维克拉姆·塞斯的《从天池出发》

Emptiness and Diaspora in Vikram Seth’s From Heaven Lake

评论家大都认为,流散作家维克拉姆·塞斯在其旅行写作《从天池出发》中彰显了全球主义的主题。但是,若从塞斯在写作该书时的流散经历与书中所宣泄的负面情绪来看,《从天池出发》揭示了迁徙位移本身给流散者造成的严重心理问题.而塞斯在佛教空性哲学指引下的情绪转化为罹患心理疾病的流散者提供一种疗愈的可能性。

The central thematic concern of Vikram Seth's From Heaven Lake,as most critics claim,is cosmopolitanism.The negative emotions in this travel book,however,suggest that From Heaven Lake explores the serious psychological problems caused by migration and displacement in diaspora.Vikram Seth's own emotional recovery achieved through emptiness in Buddhist teachings provides a type of psychotherapy for the diaspora suffering from mental illness.