>. 丹達羅斯的痛苦折磨

三月十一日

Sri Swami Sivanada

Daily Readings

丹達羅斯^註三的痛苦折磨

 

叔本華Schopenhauer^(註一)說的渴望是”用意志去活”，佛陀的說的”Tanha”，和巴坦珈里^(註二)的 Abhinivesa說的渴望是”擁有 ”。

Trishna是渴望‧包括想法和慾望上的強烈的內心渴望‧渴望是個性上的病菌，它是生命的慾望之火，它是痛苦、悲哀、不快樂、生與死的原因‧它造成錯誤的自我，和強化、膨脹自我‧

對世俗的人來說慾望永遠沒有結束的一天‧

即便有了財富和舒適仍不停息 

用不執著、拋棄、和冥想來澆滅這火焰達到永恆的喜悅‧

住在永恆的生活中‧在瑣碎的塵世生活裡勇敢地面對一切困難和磨難‧像一個有勇氣的人一樣，努力的朝著好的執著走‧

攀越過高山，越過洞穴，轟掉一個城市，或炸掉一個堡壘，這並非是真正的英雄氣概‧

控制你的心智和感覺，用自我的掌控力克服憤怒，熱情，和自我，這些才是真正的英勇行為‧

還要被激情及感覺奴役多久?

堅持你聖潔的真正天性，控制你低劣的天性和自我，這是你最重要的工作‧

 

註一：叔本華( Arthur Schopenhauer,1788~1860 )德國哲學家，對人生觀感到極度的悲觀，人稱“悲觀主義的哲學家”

註二： 撰瑜珈經的聖哲

註三：Tantalus希臘神話中的天神子，洩露了天機被罰站在河中受苦，進退不得，用來表現人無窮無盡的慾望，永遠無法得到真正滿足，永遠的困在盲目追逐裡。

 

11th March

 

The Torment of Tantalus

 

     Craving is the “will-to- live” of Schopenhauer,” tanha” of Lord Buddha, “Abhinivesa” of Patanjali Maharshi. Craving is Trishna ; it is intense inner sense-hankering; it includes thought and desires. Craving is germ of personality. It is the flame of the life of appetites. It is the cause for pain. sorrow, unhappiness and births and deaths. oIt builds the false ego. It strengthens and fattens the eg. There is no end to craving in the life of a worldly man; for this reason, he is. Despite his wealth and comforts, ever restless. Quench this flame through dispassion, renunciation and meditation and attain the bliss of the Eternal.

 

       Live for God. Boldly face all the difficulties and tribulations of this petty, earthly life. Be a man. With courage, struggle for the great Attainment. Climbing a mountain, crossing a channel, bombing a city, or blasting a fort – these are not the true acts of heroism. Controlling your mind and senses, and overcoming anger, passion and egoism by attaining self-mastery – these constitute the real heroism in man. How long will you be a slave of passion and the senses? Assert your real divine nature and your mastery over your lower nature and lower self. This is your most important duty.