I will sleep till spring like a bear in a cave.

我要像熊在洞里冬眠那样睡到春天

But first you must learn how to like their tea.

但首先 你要学会喜欢他们的茶

And I never fully sobered up until last year

直到去年我皈依佛教

No one would listen.

没有人相信我

to a mystical level.

到达神秘主义的高度

studied for a time; it looks like something more than

一度潜心研习的佛教 它看起来不仅是

that it is too passive.

它的思想太过消极了

Somebody who becomes a master of its life,

人们通过行动表达自己的感受

in a certain religion and somebody says go read

某种宗教 然后有人让你去读读

I did that too for a while; I didn't learn much but--.

这些我也都读过一点 但收获不大