双语新闻：印度以外最大的现代印度教寺庙准备在美国开放
The largest Hindu religious site outside India in modern times opens to the public Monday in the American state of New Jersey. Its creators began planning the BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham 12 years ago.
印度以外现代最大的印度教宗教场所星期一在美国新泽西州向公众开放。它的创造者12年前开始规划BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham。
Artisans and volunteers spent 4.7 million hours carving by hand the temple's two million cubic feet of rock. The rock material includes marble from Italy and limestone from Bulgaria. The material was sent to India for the carving work.
工匠和志愿者花了470万小时手工雕刻寺庙的200万立方英尺岩石。岩石材料包括意大利的大理石和保加利亚的石灰石。这些材料被送往印度进行雕刻工作。
Then, the finished pieces arrived in New Jersey. Workers fitted them together in the city of Robbinsville to build the temple. The building stands on a 51-hectare property.
然后，成品到达了新泽西。工人们在罗宾斯维尔市将它们组装在一起，建造了这座寺庙。该建筑占地51公顷。
The largest Hindu temple in the world is in Cambodia. The Ankgor Wat was built in the 12th century during the Khmer Empire.
世界上最大的印度教寺庙在柬埔寨。吴哥窟建于12世纪高棉帝国时期。
It is now described as a Hindu-Buddhist temple, and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
它现在被描述为一座印度教佛教寺庙，并被联合国教科文组织列为世界遗产。
The Robbinsville temple is one of many built by BAPS, a worldwide religious and civic organization within the Swaminarayan sect of Hinduism.
罗宾斯维尔神庙是由BAPS建造的众多寺庙之一，BAPS是印度教斯瓦米那拉扬教派的一个世界性宗教和民间组织。
The organization has built two other Akshardhams, or houses of the divine. One is in the capital of New Delhi and the other is in the Gujarat state, where BAPS is based. The sect operates more than 1,200 temples and 3,850 centers around the world. It will celebrate its 50th year in North America next year.
该组织还建造了另外两座Akshardhams，即神的房子。一个在首都新德里，另一个在BAPS总部所在的古吉拉特邦。该教派在世界各地经营着1200多座寺庙和3850个中心。明年，它将在北美庆祝成立50周年。
BAPS faced criticism in recent years after workers launched a legal action against the group in 2021. The action accused BAPS of carrying out policies including forced labor, low wages and bad working conditions.
在工人们于2021年对该组织提起法律诉讼后，BAPS近年来受到了批评。诉讼指控BAPS执行强制劳动、低工资和恶劣工作条件等政策。
Twelve of the 19 plaintiffs have now withdrawn their accusations and the legal action is suspended while an investigation continues.
19名原告中有12人已经撤回指控，法律诉讼暂停，调查仍在继续。
The legal action claimed that Dalits, or members of the lowest caste in India, were being abused. Caste is an ancient system of social standing based on ancestry.
该诉讼声称，达利特人，即印度最低种姓的成员，受到了虐待。种姓是一种基于祖先的古老社会地位制度。
Yogi Trivedi is an expert on Hinduism at Columbia University, and a member of the religion. He said these accusations weighed heavily on community members because their religion has always taught them "to see the divine in all..."
Yogi Trivedi是哥伦比亚大学的印度教专家，也是该宗教的成员。他说，这些指控给社区成员带来了沉重的压力，因为他们的宗教一直教导他们“看到所有人的神圣……”
"Caste and class do not divide us," Trivedi said.
特里维迪说:“种姓和阶级不会使我们分裂。
He said the temple would not have been possible without the service of thousands of volunteers. Many of them took time off school and work to serve in different areas. This might be the first Hindu temple where women were involved in building it, Trivedi added.
他说，如果没有数千名志愿者的服务，这座寺庙是不可能建成的。他们中的许多人从学校和工作中抽出时间到不同的地区服务。特里维迪补充说，这可能是第一座女性参与建造的印度教寺庙。
This week, families from across the country, have been going to the site to see it from the outside.
本周，来自全国各地的家庭纷纷前往现场，从外面观看。
Nikita Patel and her husband were among the volunteers who gave their time to create the temple.
尼基塔·帕特尔和她的丈夫是贡献时间建造这座寺庙的志愿者之一。
"All religions, all communities are welcome here," she said, "And here, they will feel the peace."
“这里欢迎所有宗教、所有社区，”她说，“在这里，他们会感受到和平。”
Trivedi holds a similar opinion. To him, the temple stands for universal values that can be found in writings and ideas of all religions.
特里维迪也持类似观点。对他来说，寺庙代表着普遍的价值观，这些价值观可以在所有宗教的著作和思想中找到。
"It's not even just Indian or Indian American," Trivedi said. "What we've tried to do is express these universal values in a way that relate to all visitors."
特里维迪说:“这不仅仅是印度人或印度裔美国人的问题。“我们试图做的是用一种与所有游客相关的方式来表达这些普世价值。”
印度以外现代最大的印度教宗教场所星期一在美国新泽西州向公众开放。它的创造者12年前开始规划BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham。
Artisans and volunteers spent 4.7 million hours carving by hand the temple's two million cubic feet of rock. The rock material includes marble from Italy and limestone from Bulgaria. The material was sent to India for the carving work.
工匠和志愿者花了470万小时手工雕刻寺庙的200万立方英尺岩石。岩石材料包括意大利的大理石和保加利亚的石灰石。这些材料被送往印度进行雕刻工作。
Then, the finished pieces arrived in New Jersey. Workers fitted them together in the city of Robbinsville to build the temple. The building stands on a 51-hectare property.
然后，成品到达了新泽西。工人们在罗宾斯维尔市将它们组装在一起，建造了这座寺庙。该建筑占地51公顷。
The largest Hindu temple in the world is in Cambodia. The Ankgor Wat was built in the 12th century during the Khmer Empire.
世界上最大的印度教寺庙在柬埔寨。吴哥窟建于12世纪高棉帝国时期。
It is now described as a Hindu-Buddhist temple, and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
它现在被描述为一座印度教佛教寺庙，并被联合国教科文组织列为世界遗产。
The Robbinsville temple is one of many built by BAPS, a worldwide religious and civic organization within the Swaminarayan sect of Hinduism.
罗宾斯维尔神庙是由BAPS建造的众多寺庙之一，BAPS是印度教斯瓦米那拉扬教派的一个世界性宗教和民间组织。
The organization has built two other Akshardhams, or houses of the divine. One is in the capital of New Delhi and the other is in the Gujarat state, where BAPS is based. The sect operates more than 1,200 temples and 3,850 centers around the world. It will celebrate its 50th year in North America next year.
该组织还建造了另外两座Akshardhams，即神的房子。一个在首都新德里，另一个在BAPS总部所在的古吉拉特邦。该教派在世界各地经营着1200多座寺庙和3850个中心。明年，它将在北美庆祝成立50周年。
BAPS faced criticism in recent years after workers launched a legal action against the group in 2021. The action accused BAPS of carrying out policies including forced labor, low wages and bad working conditions.
在工人们于2021年对该组织提起法律诉讼后，BAPS近年来受到了批评。诉讼指控BAPS执行强制劳动、低工资和恶劣工作条件等政策。
Twelve of the 19 plaintiffs have now withdrawn their accusations and the legal action is suspended while an investigation continues.
19名原告中有12人已经撤回指控，法律诉讼暂停，调查仍在继续。
The legal action claimed that Dalits, or members of the lowest caste in India, were being abused. Caste is an ancient system of social standing based on ancestry.
该诉讼声称，达利特人，即印度最低种姓的成员，受到了虐待。种姓是一种基于祖先的古老社会地位制度。
Yogi Trivedi is an expert on Hinduism at Columbia University, and a member of the religion. He said these accusations weighed heavily on community members because their religion has always taught them "to see the divine in all..."
Yogi Trivedi是哥伦比亚大学的印度教专家，也是该宗教的成员。他说，这些指控给社区成员带来了沉重的压力，因为他们的宗教一直教导他们“看到所有人的神圣……”
"Caste and class do not divide us," Trivedi said.
特里维迪说:“种姓和阶级不会使我们分裂。
He said the temple would not have been possible without the service of thousands of volunteers. Many of them took time off school and work to serve in different areas. This might be the first Hindu temple where women were involved in building it, Trivedi added.
他说，如果没有数千名志愿者的服务，这座寺庙是不可能建成的。他们中的许多人从学校和工作中抽出时间到不同的地区服务。特里维迪补充说，这可能是第一座女性参与建造的印度教寺庙。
This week, families from across the country, have been going to the site to see it from the outside.
本周，来自全国各地的家庭纷纷前往现场，从外面观看。
Nikita Patel and her husband were among the volunteers who gave their time to create the temple.
尼基塔·帕特尔和她的丈夫是贡献时间建造这座寺庙的志愿者之一。
"All religions, all communities are welcome here," she said, "And here, they will feel the peace."
“这里欢迎所有宗教、所有社区，”她说，“在这里，他们会感受到和平。”
Trivedi holds a similar opinion. To him, the temple stands for universal values that can be found in writings and ideas of all religions.
特里维迪也持类似观点。对他来说，寺庙代表着普遍的价值观，这些价值观可以在所有宗教的著作和思想中找到。
"It's not even just Indian or Indian American," Trivedi said. "What we've tried to do is express these universal values in a way that relate to all visitors."
特里维迪说:“这不仅仅是印度人或印度裔美国人的问题。“我们试图做的是用一种与所有游客相关的方式来表达这些普世价值。”
