@ 瑜珈箴言 0710

@ Egotism

@ 知足者樂

正面思考的重要性~

一月二十三日

正面思考的重要性

憂慮和恐懼是圍繞著我們的可怕的力量。

它們毒害生命的根源、破壞和諧、運行中的效率，生機和活力。

相反的，喜悅、快樂、和勇氣將治癒這些毒害的根源，讓生活運行有效率，給精神加乘的力量‧

要永遠保持喜悅、微笑和大笑‧

一個美好的和正面的思考，等於是三重的祝福‧

第一、對於思考者，有改善其精神力量的好處‧

第二、對個人而言，讓人保持愉快。

第三、改善人與人之間的美好份圍‧

23nd January

Importance of Positive Thoughts

Thoughts of worry and thoughts of fear are fearful forces within us. They poison the very sources of life and destroy the harmony, the running efficiency, the vitality and vigour. While the opposite thoughts of cheerfulness, joy and courage heal, soothe, instead of irritating, and immensely augment efficiency and multiply the mental powers. Be always cheerful. Smile. Laugh. A good and positive thought is thrice blessed. First, it benefits the thinker by improving his mental body. Secondly, it benefits the person about whom it is entertained. Lastly, it benefits all mankind by improving the general atmosphere.

蠢人的評斷

九月二十­三日

蠢人的評斷

   髒的鏡子反射出髒的形象‧乾淨的鏡子就會看到乾淨的樣子‧

人若用字自己骯髒的評斷心緒去下評斷時，便會犯下嚴重的大錯‧如果他們看見一個有品德的人和一個女人走在街上，他們馬上會強烈的懷疑並到處去傳播‧他們除了製造流言蜚語沒別的事可做，這些可憐的人到處都是‧

有一次有個農人的兒子和他的母親去到了鄰近的地方，路途中休息正喝著水，其他的旅人便懷疑為他們正喝著酒，並認為他們是不道德的人。過後，當他們發現了真實後，便非常的後悔。

因此，當你評斷別人的時候要特別的小心警慎‧

23rd September

The Folly of Human Judgment

   A dirty mirror produces a dirty image. A clear mirror gives a clear image. People with a dirty mind judge others according to their own standards of judgment and thereby commit serious blunders. If they see even a good moral man passing along the road with a woman, at once they will entertain some strong suspicion and scandalize him then and there. They have no other work besides scandalize-mongering. Pitiable indeed is the lot of such people! Once a son of‧peasant was drinking some cold water with his mother in a lonely place during their journey to a neighboring village. Another traveler suspected that these were immoral people and were drinking liquor. Later on, when he found out the truth, he repented very much. Therefore, be careful in your judgment of others.

奉獻 devotion

 奉獻於上帝並只是簡單的感情投注。

那便是堅定不執著及非常純淨的心緒‧

你必須要有羅摩耶那史詩(Ramayana)^註一中崇高的內在心的品質‧不然，只會升起短暫的癡迷情感，並無法獲得神性的覺知‧

奉獻將經由自我約束和道德的過程日漸成熟‧沒有任何的靈性修持可以在不執著於物這個修習中完成‧只有藉由不執著方能從萬物的世界中去觸及上帝‧

千萬別讓你的心緒溺於玩樂‧

註一:

印度兩大史詩、羅摩衍那和摩訶婆羅多。共分為七章，24,000對對句。

內容主要講述拘薩羅國王子羅摩和他妻子悉多的故事。《羅摩衍那》和《摩訶婆羅多》，是印度文化的基礎，對印度文學、宗教的發展有相當大的作用，據說中國文學作品中的《西遊記》亦深深受到它的影響。

Chapter 26

THE DYNAMICS OF DEVOTION

24th September

Devotion: A Fruition of Detachment and Exalted Emotional Experience

   Devotion to God is not a simple emotion. It is the result of intense Vairagya and Sattvic Bhava. You should possess the good qualities extolled in the Ramayana. Otherwise, emotion may raise you temporarily to a kind of ecstasy, but you cannot experience the Devine Consciousness thereby. Devotion is a fruit which ripens gradually through the processes of self-restraint and virtue. There is no Sadhana for Bagavat-Sakshatkara without intense Vairagya. Only after detachment from the world of things, it is possible to have the attainment of God. Do not allow the mind to think of pleasure-centres.

~空談和超凡的感受

關於靈修

要識別靈修、和靈修者非常的簡單！

真正的靈修環境是給予人: 平靜、祥和、和打從心裡喜悅的氛圍。

而高階靈修者：則是一種不用言語即可感動你心靈的帶領者。

那些讓你罔顧別人、犧牲自己家人和自己的福祉的這些所謂靈修者，都只不過是愚笨者的帶領人罷了。

如同狗熊冬眠笨蛋一堆，自招悲慘有甚麼好可惜的呢?

這便是命運!


是你自己，

無所覺知的創下悲慘的人生。

Dada

in the morning

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五月七日

空談和超凡的感受

 靈性的生活(靈修)並非是閒散的瞎扯。他不單純只是一種感覺。而是實際生活在心靈裡。他是純粹的幸福超凡的感受。他將圓滿和完美生命。

他導引了巨大的精神力量，和充滿活力為中心的精神生活。

。他散發和平、喜悅、極樂至所有的地方，所有朝向他的人皆會得到至高的啟迪和提升。

7th May

Idle Talk and Transcendental Experience

Spiritual life is not mere idle talk. It is not mere sensation. It is actual living in the Atman. It is transcendental experience of unalloyed bliss. It is a life of fullness and perfection. He who leads a spiritual life is a centre of great spiritual force, a dynamic personality. He radiates peace, joy and bliss towards all; and those who come in contact with him will be highly inspired and elevated.

>. 永不放棄

九月十九日

永不放棄

每件事情都存在著一個教訓，每個教訓中都會得到一個經驗，去學習他，你將產生智慧。

失敗是到成功的跳板。

困境、沮喪，都是信念的試煉。

令人不愉快的事件都是在考驗你對上帝的信心。

疾病是行為因果的消除。   

每一種誘惑都是靈性增長的考驗。

因此，大步前進吧~絕不要放棄!   

忘掉過去那些過錯，不要因為依舊存在的慾望讓自己沮喪，

讓更高的精神能量導引正確的路。

生活中要有個崇高的理想目標。

不要去理會那些負面的思想。那些都微不足道，不值得去引起你的注意。

19th September

Nil Desperandum

   There is a lesson in everything. There is a lesson in each experience. Learn it, and become wise. Every failure is a stepping stone to success. Every difficulty or disappointment is a trial of your faith. Every unpleasant incident is a test of your trust in God. Every disease is a Karmic purgation. Every temptation is a test of your spiritual strength. Therefore, nil desperandum. March forward hero!

Forget the lapses. Don’t get dejected of desires persist. Give a higher direction to the mental energies. Have a high ideal in life.

Pay no attention to negative thoughts. Consider them as insignificant, beneath your notice.

>.三管齊下的方法

七月二十一日

                                 三管齊下的方法   

    當一個邪惡的想法騷擾心神時，征服它最好的方法就是不理它。

要如何不理一個罪惡的想法呢? 就是-忘了它~

要如何忘記呢? 就是不要一再沉迷於它，不要反覆的一直想它~

我們要如何不要再一次沉迷於它，不要反覆的一直想它?

 就去想一些非常有趣，非常令人崇敬的和激勵人心的事‧

置之不理，忘記，想一些激勵人心的事---這是三種掌控邪惡思想的靈性練習‧

21st July

The Three- Pronged Method

When an evil thought harasses the mind, the best method of conquering it is by ignoring it. How can we ignore an evil thought? By forgetting it. How can we forget? By not indulging in it again, and also by not brooding over it. How can we prevent the mind from indulging in it again or brooding over it? By thinking of something very interesting, something sublime and inspiring. Ignoring, Forgetting, Thinking, of something inspiring, --- these three constitute the great Sadhana for establishing mastery over evil thoughts.

>.決定幸福的關鍵

七月二十四日

決定幸福的關鍵

現代的人類已經變成了機器和合成產品的奴隸，甚至在食物上、個人的健康問題、甚至是生活的各種小瑣事上。

就如同一個無助的布娃娃，都是靠著無數的科學器械和工具支撐起來的‧

衡量一個人的幸福感，就是看他戰勝多少周遭環境的比率‧

你對物質事物的依賴愈少，快樂便會愈大‧

對外在事物的依賴愈大；其結果痛苦就愈多‧

24th July

The Factor that Determines Happiness

     Man today has totally become a slave of artificial gadgets and synthetic products even in matters of food, personal health and every little matter of day-to-day life. He is a rag doll propped up by a thousand scientific aids and devices. The measure of man’s happiness is in proportion to his victory over environment. The less you depend upon other things, the greater your happiness. Depend upon outside objects for your satisfaction; then misery is the result.

>.意志力的發展

七月十二日

瑜珈的修習非常著重在意志力的培養。

意志力強的人無論在任何一方面來說都容易取得成功。

縱觀一些偉大的人物，如: 甘地、溫山蘇姬、德蕾莎修女、諾貝爾物理獎得主霍金等，一般人看他們的外在形態時，他們甚至是殘障矮小及不起眼的，但是他們貢獻給人類的成就只可用”偉人”一詞形容。

人都一個樣，外在美麗也許迷惑眾生一時的眼光，

內在修持所衍生的意志力卻是摧毀冰山，創建王國的最大無價力量。

而這種能力，剛好，我們每一個人都有!

好好利用他來完成你偉大的理想吧!

OM Shantih Shantih Shantihi

Dada in the morning

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意志力成長的跡象

     沉著安詳的心緒狀態、穩重、開朗、有著內在力量、轉換惡劣外在情勢的能力、各項事業工作的成功、影響他人的能力、

吸引人和充滿活力的個性、臉上散發的光、發亮的眼、目光穩定、強有力的聲音、坦蕩的步履、不屈的性質、無畏等等…..這些都是顯示著意志力成長的一些跡象。

   所有生命的來源，所有智識的源頭，都來自你內心深處的那個本我。這個靈魂或說是至高的靈性是超然的，難以言喻，無法推理，難以形容的永恆的喜悅。祂是全能的;你越去深思祂無限的能量，就越能覺知到內在無限的力量，這種偉大的力量便是你的意志力。你必須要強烈的渴望去了解你內在的那個自我本體，然後神性便與你同在，你的意志力便會增加百倍，驅散所有的障礙。

     淨化的心和專注會大大的增強意志力。心愈與上主融合便能夠獲得愈多的力量。

多些的專注便能獲得更多的能量及意志力。

12th July

The Signs of Growing Will

     Unruffled state of the mind, poise, cheerfulness, inner strength, capacity to turn out difficult worlds, success in all undertakings, power to influence people, a magnetic and dynamic personality; magnetic aura on the face, sparkling eyes, steady gaze, powerful voice, a magnanimous gait, unyielding nature, fearlessness, etc.,are some of the signs or symptoms that indicate that one’s “will” is growing.

   The source of all life, the source of all knowledge, is Atman, your innermost Self. This Atman or supreme Soul is transcendent, inexpressible, uninferable, unthinkable, indescribable-able the ever-peaceful, all-blissful. It is Omnipotent; the more you reflect upon its infinite Strength and the more you are conscious of this inner power of the Infinite in you, the greater is your will-power.   

     You should have real and intense thirst to realize your inner Self, the Godhead within you. Then your will-power increases hundredfold and dissolves all obstacles.

      Purity of heart and concentration greatly increase will-power. The more is the mind fixed on God the more is the strength you acquire. More concentration means more energy and more will-power.

>. 生與死的意義

八月十日

生與死的意義

 生命-是一齣戲。欲望是每一齣戲的戲服，不同慾望的追逐讓每個人所飾演的戲碼皆異。

當在特別的環境允許時，慾望便得以實現‧

死亡-則是人離開了一齣戲，再穿上另外新的衣服繼續因其他慾望的追逐上演另一齣戲，有時這世的慾望無法在此世找到，便得在下世有合適的環境方得以實現。

當正確的了解生死，就會知道這一點也不可怕了‧

Dada釋義:

        Swami Sivananda 解釋人類不斷輪迴的種種乃”慾望”所生。而欲望的實現與滿足並非想望和努力便可成功，有時需要一個適當的機緣方能實現。但一個人若沉溺在慾望的驅使中，不斷因鑽牛角尖所得到的痛苦將導致不斷的輪迴痛苦，在今世或綿延至下世。

不要一再痛苦的輪迴，就需要棄絕你強烈的俗世慾望。

OM OM OM

10th August

Significance of Life and Death

    Life is a scene where the individual puts on the dress of the form of a certain amount of desires which can be fulfilled in the special environment afforded by it, and death is the time when the individual goes behind the screen and puts on a new dress to appear in another scene of life in order to fulfill another quality of desires which cannot find the required atmosphere for fruition in the present life, but demand a fresh suitable environment. When properly understood neither of them is dreadful.

> 文字和生命

寫在翻譯之前:

Dada喜歡哲學倒不是因為它是我的專業，

而是因為人生的階段中難免會有失意沮喪，或難以下抉擇時的窘境，這對於一個即將半百的人來說是難堪的，有時是抑鬱難消的…

瑜珈哲學剛好給了我一個抒發的管道，一個以高明優雅的提燈方式導引抒發內心的不安，

一些有自我修持，生活愉悅自得的人當然是很感恩。

但對於dada這樣頑劣的人類，似乎就必須要時時的與自己的內心搏鬥，方得以取得平衡。

而瑜珈的修習正是上蒼給我最好的寶劍啊!

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五月一日

文字和生命

    僅僅閱讀韋恰拉—薩哥拉或盤恰達斯(印度吠陀哲學史書)，無法將你帶進純淨自覺覺知境地。

扯一些哲學內容，或參加精彩的哲學講座，閒散和空洞的去說梵經和奧義書無法幫助一個人去感受生命的連結或合一。

除非他們能夠毅然的斷絕心緒裡所有的惡念，重新開始過內省修心的生活。否則想進入純淨生命的連結或合一簡直是空想啊!

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1st May

Letters and Life

      Mere study of Vichar a-Sagara or Panchadasi cannot bring in the experience of pure Advaitic Consciousness. Vedantic gossiping, brilliant lectures on philosophy, and idle, dry talk on the Brahma Sutra and Upanishads cannot help a man in feeling the unity or oneness of life. There is no hope for such men to feel the Advaitic unity of Consciousness, unless they destroy ruthlessly all sorts of evils of mind and the heart; and start living the inward life.

>. 自我控制

九月八日

自我控制的真正涵義

自我的控制是這個宇宙的定律‧

這定律適用於任何的地方和時間，所有的人不論是男人或女人，這是至福的關鍵‧

沉溺於物欲的對象中則將導致個人對真理辨識力的失敗，將非真理當成真理混淆。

渴求任何的外在快樂事物，則是對上帝真理無知的結果。自我控制是心緒和感覺的外向傾向的約束，這是宇宙的定律。

自私及利己主義導致自我的禁錮，痛苦和失敗的人生。

8th September

The true Import of Self-control

    Self-control is a universal rule, which applies to all men and all women at all places and at all times. It is the very key to beatitude. Indulgence in objects is the effect of the failure of the individual to discriminate the Truth from untruth. Desire to have contact with and enjoy external things is the outcome of the ignorance of the truth which is God. Self-control is the restraint of the outgoing tendencies of the mind and the senses and the centering of the same in the Truth which is the Universal One. This is Dharma which supports the life of the universe. Adharma is selfishness and egoism of nature which leads to self-imprisonment, suffering and failure in life.

>.生命的轉換通道

八月九日

生命的轉換通道

生命是一種由非淨化到淨化的旅程‧

從憎恨到宇宙大愛，

從死亡到不朽，

從不完美到完美，

從奴役到自由，

從多樣性到一致性，

從無知到永恆的智慧，

從疼痛到不朽的喜悅，

從脆弱到無限的力量，

讓每一個念頭都導引你更接近主，每一舉一動都更推動你的進化。

9th August

Trans-empirical Passages of Life

    Life is a journey from impurity to purity, from hatred to cosmic love, from death to immortality, from imperfection to perfection, from slavery to freedom, from diversity to unity, from ignorance to eternal wisdom, from pain to eternal bliss, from weakness to infinite strength. Let every thought take you nearer to the Lord every act further your evolution.

>.食物的化學反應和思考

一月二十二日

食物的化學反應和思考

心緒直接被身體影響‧

不同物品的化學成分在體內產生不同程度的振動‧

某些食物的攝入造成身體的不和諧振動，

這將引發心靈的物質產生振盪和不平衡的狀態。專注將受到干擾，難有高層次的思維。

因為提升心緒需要有好的頻率震動‧

要控制住胃口，對食物的性質要嚴格的監管。

22nd January

Chemistry of food and Thought

 Mind is directly influenced by the body.  Chemical components of different articles vibrate at varying rates. The intake of certain food sets up discordant vibrations in the physical body. This throws the mind-stuff into a state of oscillation and disequilibrium. Concentration is disturbed. High thinking is rendered difficult, because elevating thoughts imply fine vibrations. The appetite of the physical are to be controlled, the nature of its food strictly regulated. 

>.釋義；靈修日誌 Daily readyings

十二月一日

最突出的方法

古代的瑜珈聖賢制訂了定義明可行，能夠在一世或甚至在幾年中濃縮練習完成與神結合的方法。

這些方法已廣泛接受並遵從，由聖者巴坦佳里Patanjali提出的冥想靜思 (Dhyana)是一種具有高度科學、實際性的系統，現以「八支瑜珈」(Ashtanga Yoga)廣為人所知。

聖者巴坦佳里Patanjali提出的這個系統之所以有獨特的重要性，乃因其就人的生命各層面作最合理與全面性的考慮。

他認為人類以純淨覺知為中心點，而局部其餘部分則開展為各不同精密細微點‧以這樣的角度來說，在世上，人類基本上都是經歷相同狀況的週期。

這個系統在任何時間皆普遍通用的，它提供了一個實際的方法給一般的個人。它的特色為智識的全面整合和完善的結局。

註一：(Ashtanga Yoga非現今以體位法為主之阿思坦佳瑜珈，而是以八個步驟為主之瑜珈修習的瑜珈又稱Raja王瑜珈)」

1st December

Most Prominent of the Methods

  The ancient sages had formulated certain well-defined and workable methods by which man can establish union with the Divine. It is a means of compressing one’s evolution within a single lifetime, even within a few years of this particular life. Of the many methods that are widely accepted and followed, the path of Dhyana is the highly scientific, practical, graduated system of Maharshi Patanjali, otherwise known as Ashtanga Yoga.

The reason for this unique importance is that Patanjali Maharshi’s system is based upon the most rationally comprehensive consideration of man in every aspect of his being.It has taken man as he is constituted fundamentally, divested of incidental association. It takes man as a centre of pure consciousness, localized within enfolding sheaths of matter of varying degrees of subtlety. Conceived in this light, man is basically the same the world over in all periods of time. This system is the universal one and is for all times, and offers a process that is practicable to every type of the average individual. It is characterized by the most intelligent synthesis and a very beautiful graduation.

生活是罪惡嗎?

八月三日

 

生活是罪惡的嗎?

 

生活就本身而言並非罪惡‧

但在生活中的妄想和盲目的執著卻是罪惡和危險的。

無知是最糟糕的情況‧

從慾望和渴求中解脫出來並非罪惡，因為這並非讓我們逃避世界，

而是從物質世俗世界中獲得自由的關鍵‧

 

 

3rd August

 

Is Life Evil?

 

Life as such is not an evil. But the evil consists in the delusion and blind attachments in which life is involved, and the danger to while life leads man, viz., getting into worse states through ignorance than he is at any one time. Life free from desires or passions of all kinds is not evil. It is not escape from the world, but

freedom from worldliness that is necessary.

 

Sri Swami Sivananda

生命的本質

八月一日

 

生命的本質

 

生命的調味鹽，是無私的服務‧

生活的麵包是，宇宙大愛‧

生命的活水是，淨化‧

生命中的甜品是，虔誠奉獻‧

生命的香味是，慷慨的行為‧

生命的支點就是，冥想靜思‧

生命的目標是，瞭悟解脫‧

因此，去服務，去愛，要純淨和慷慨的，常常冥想靜思、要覺醒啊‧

 

1st August

 

The essentials of Life

 

The salt of life is selfless service. The bread of life is universal love. The water of life is purity. The sweetness of life is devotion. The fragrance of life is generosity. The pivot of life is meditation. The goal of life is Self-relisation. Therefore, serve, love, be pure and generous. Meditate and realise.

>.持之以恆的承諾

 

六月十五日

 

                                     持之以恆的承諾

 

   勝利者的神經從不懈怠，眼睛從來不畏縮，思想也從不迷亂。

勝利屬於最大堅持的一方。虛弱者因持之以恆得到最大的力量，是貧窮者打開全世界財富的關鍵，持之以恆努力不懈就算再巨大的困境也會結束。一個持之以恆的人不會遭遇失敗。他經常都會獲得成功。

上主總是與努力不懈雖然身在障礙中、不盡如意、和看起來沒有未來的人在一起。

努力不懈，和堅持的傾向是一個虛弱者的強壯靈魂。

 

如果你努力不懈不屈不撓，那麼你就能做任何你想做到的事。

 

Part lV

 

Patterns of Human Greatness

Chapter 17

 

Cardinal Principles of Greatness

 

15th June

The Promises of Perseverance

 

      The never that never relaxes, the eye that never blenches, the thought that never wanders—these are the masters of victory. Victory belongs to the most persevering. Perseverance gives power to weakness, and opens to poverty the wealth of the whole world. With steady perseverance, great difficulties come to an end. A man of perseverance never meets with failures. He always attains success. God is with those who persevere in spite of hindrances, discouragements and impossibilities? The tendency to persevere, to persist—it is this that distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. if you have perseverance you can do all that you wish.