Attachments 执着(43)

Note: Every week from 1995, Guruji started sending out knowledge sheets which he fondly called the 'Knowledge Fax' to be read out and discussed at Satsangs happening all around the world. Guruji ended this delightful practice at the 365th week in September 2002, so as to let us fully digest them! These knowledge sheets have been compiled into An Intimate Note To The Sincere Seeker Volumes 1-7. I began the practice of posting a Knowledge Sheet every week for the benefit of those who have not had the opportunity to get hold of these priceless books. It had never cease to uplift me by reading and rereading this knowledge. So I know you would certainly enjoy them!

注：从 1995年开始，古儒吉开始每一个星期寄出他称为‘智慧传真’的智慧语录以供在世界各地举行的唱场阅读与分享。大师在2002年9月，也就是第365周结束了这个做法，让我们好好的消化和实践这些智慧。这些智慧语录已收录为7本书：古儒吉大师智慧语录（1-7集）。我开始每个星期刊登一篇智慧语录，以供还没有机会买到这几本宝贵的书籍的学员分享。不断阅读这些智慧语录让我得益不浅。所以我知道其他人也会有很大的收获。

3/4/1996 Sydney, Australia 澳洲悉尼

Attachments cause feverish breath and feverish breath takes away peace of mind. Then you are in pieces and you fall prey to misery.

Before you get scattered too much, gather yourself and rid your breath of feverishness through surrender and sadhana (spiritual practices). Unfortunately, most people do not notice what is happening until it is too late.

When someone is drowning in the ocean of attachments, surrender is the life jacket they can put on and wait for the rescue team. Without fighting the attachments, observe the feverish breath and go to the cool place of silence within.

Your first step is to direct your attachment to the Knowledge, to the Divine.

Your non-attachment to the mundane is your charm.
Your attachment to the Divine is your beauty.
执着造成急躁的呼吸，而急躁的呼吸带走心中的平静。于是你就七零八落而成为悲伤的奴隶。
在你尚未零乱不堪之前，镇定自己并透过臣服与灵修消除你急躁的呼吸。不幸的是，多数人在变得不可收拾之后才注意到此。
当人淹没于执着之海时，臣服是他们可以穿戴的救生衣，而后等待救援的队伍。不要抗拒执着，观照急躁的呼吸，进入内在清凉的宁静处。
你首要之务是将执着导向知识，导向神。
你对世俗的不迷恋是你迷人之处。
你对神的执着是你的美。

Meditation-It's a Monkey Business

People meditate for lots of reasons, one of the main reason is to have a peace of mind. When we have lots of thoughts during meditation, we say 'oh, today I did not have a good meditation'. But in meditation, sometimes we enjoy the experience, sometimes we don't enjoy the experience (a great resemblance to life, huh!). But somehow or other, as long as we meditate, we definitely get results (Guruji said that).

To illustrate the nature of our mind, Guruji told a Monkey story.

There was a farmer who went to a Saint and said 'Give me something, so that my life becomes wonderful, give me some mantra so that I must do the meditation and good things will start happening.'

 The Saint said 'Ok' and gave him a mantra and told him to chant it. The farmer was very happy and he was running down the stairs going back with his mantra. The Saint said 'Oh just a minute, I forgot to tell you something. Whenever you want to think of the mantra or when you sit for meditation, take care that the monkey doesn't come into your mind. You don't think of monkey. If you think about the monkey then the mantra would become useless, impotent. It won't be of use to you.'

The farmer said ,'Oh this is so easy. I have never thought about monkey all my life, there is no reason that I should think about it now. Mind is just a field, monkeys don't come there.  It is no botheration at all.'

So, he went home and sat for meditation. The first thing that comes to his mind was:

'Say Cheese!'

 He thought 'Oh, this is daytime. Maybe somewhere there is monkey vibrations around or maybe the monkeys wanted him to remember them. But in night time the monkeys will be asleep!'

So he tried to meditate during the night. But as soon as he sat to meditate the first thing that comes to his mind was:

Now not only in meditation in all other times even while standing, sitting, working, eating, he thought of monkeys. He even had nightmares about:

You're right! Monkeys!

In three days, he was so bothered about monkeys that on the fourth day he went back to the Saint and pleaded to him,'Please take away your mantra and your monkeys too! I don't want them. Relieve me of this monkey business. I have gone crazy. I can't do anything!'

So we have to understand the nature of our minds. Instead of being a slave to our minds, become the Master of our own minds.  Thus, our practices, sadhanas and meditation really help us to understand our monkey within us. Let us strive to tame the wild monkey within us!

Talking about monkeys, there was once I went to sit for meditation alone at the Sumeru Mantap at Bengalore Ashram.

I never had any thoughts about monkeys during meditation. I almost wished I had, because when I slowly opened my eyes, I was looking into the eyes of a monkey sitting opposite me. He confidently walked a few steps across towards me, headed to my bag, and calmly took the banana from the side pocket of my backpack.

'Hey!' I yelled at him. He gave a start and ran across the floor and climbed the steps. He stopped when he saw that I did not go after him. He unpeeled the banana and ate his prized possession right in front of me.

'#~*^~#!!'

by ZY

Blame and Misery 责怪与痛苦 (42)

Note: Every week from 1995, Guruji started sending out knowledge sheets which he fondly called the 'Knowledge Fax' to be read out and discussed at Satsangs happening all around the world. Guruji ended this delightful practice at the 365th week in September 2002, so as to let us fully digest them! These knowledge sheets have been compiled into An Intimate Note To The Sincere Seeker Volumes 1-7. I began the practice of posting a Knowledge Sheet every week for the benefit of those who have not had the opportunity to get hold of these priceless books. It had never cease to uplift me by reading and rereading this knowledge. So I know you would certainly enjoy them!

注：从 1995年开始，古儒吉开始每一个星期寄出他称为‘智慧传真’的智慧语录以供在世界各地举行的唱场阅读与分享。大师在2002年9月，也就是第365周结束了这个做法，让我们好好的消化和实践这些智慧。这些智慧语录已收录为7本书：古儒吉大师智慧语录（1-7集）。我开始每个星期刊登一篇智慧语录，以供还没有机会买到这几本宝贵的书籍的学员分享。不断阅读这些智慧语录让我得益不浅。所以我知道其他人也会有很大的收获。

3/4/1996 Bengalore Ashram, India 印度班格罗静心所

When a worldly man is miserable, he blames the people around him, the system, and the world in general.

When a seeker is miserable, he blames not only the world-he also blames the Path, the Knowledge and himself.

It is better not to be a seeker so that you blame less. But then, a seeker (sadhak) also enjoys everything much more. There is more love in life and more pain. When there is more joy, the contrast is greater.

A certain maturity is needed to see things as they are and not to blame the Path, the Self, or the world.

If one jumps across this chasm of blame and misery, then there is no fall. It is like a quantum leap.

The Divine does not test you. Testing is part of ignorance. Who is it that will put something to a test? Only one who does not know something. God knows your capacity, so why should He have to test you?

Then, why is there misery? It is for titiksha, forbearance in you. And forbearance can be increased by prayerful surrender-and by things that vigorously challenge your patience! (laughter)



一个世俗的人痛苦时，他责怪周遭的人，责怪体系与整个世界。

一个求道者痛苦时，他不仅责怪世界，他也责怪这「道」、这知识与他自己。

最好不要作个求道者，这样你就责怪少些。然而一个求道者（Sadhak）也较享受每样事物。生命中会有更多的爱与更多的痛苦。当喜悦更强时，对比就更厉害。

这需要某种成熟度才能看清事物的真貌，才不会​​责怪这「道」、本我或这世界。

你们明白我的意思吗？

假如人能跳脱责怪与痛苦的断崖，就不会堕落。这好比一个量子大跃进。

上帝不会考验你。考验是无知的一部份。谁会考验呢？只有那些不知道的人。上帝知道你的能力，因此衪何需考验你呢？

那么，为什么有痛苦呢？那是为了你的忍耐力（titiksha）。忍耐力可借着虔诚的臣服及对耐力强烈的挑战事物来增加！ （笑声）

You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout I'm telling you why...

GURUJI is coming to town!
这个月生活的艺术上上下下左左右右前前后后对面后面都在期待着三月三十及三十一日古儒吉大师的来临。所以如果不把这宣传的海报偷盗下载刊登，这个部落格不算完整！
什么努力感恩意念感动大师这些屁话也不必多说了！
加油吧，同志们！（毕竟,废话连篇是经营这个部落格的必备条件）

Meet the Guru, listen to what he has to say, be yourself, be natural, be inspired!

Questions & Dealing with Desire 问题与处理欲望 (41)

Note: Every week from 1995, Guruji started sending out knowledge sheets which he fondly called the 'Knowledge Fax' to be read out and discussed at Satsangs happening all around the world. Guruji ended this delightful practice at the 365th week in September 2002, so as to let us fully digest them! These knowledge sheets have been compiled into An Intimate Note To The Sincere Seeker Volumes 1-7. I began the practice of posting a Knowledge Sheet every week for the benefit of those who have not had the opportunity to get hold of these priceless books. It had never cease to uplift me by reading and rereading this knowledge. So I know you would certainly enjoy them!

注：从 1995年开始，古儒吉开始每一个星期寄出他称为‘智慧传真’的智慧语录以供在世界各地举行的唱场阅读与分享。大师在2002年9月，也就是第365周结束了这个做法，让我们好好的消化和实践这些智慧。这些智慧语录已收录为7本书：古儒吉大师智慧语录（1-7集）。我开始每个星期刊登一篇智慧语录，以供还没有机会买到这几本宝贵的书籍的学员分享。不断阅读这些智慧语录让我得益不浅。所以我知道其他人也会有很大的收获。

20/3/1996 Swargashram (Heavenly Abode), Rishikesh, India 印度瑞希克西（天堂所在）

A boy asked a question, and before Sri Sri could answer, he was ready with another question.

To this Sri Sri said,

"If you hold on to the question, how will you receive the answer?"

Give away the question to me and then you will find that you are already in the answer.

Desires arise on their own...Don't they? Do they ask you before they come? When they come, what do you do with them? And if you don't want to have any desire, then that itself is another desire.

Now here is a clue for you:

If you want to get on a place or go to a movie, then you have to buy a ticket. This ticket needs to be given at the door. If you hold onto the ticket, how will you go in?

If you want to be admitted to a college, you must fill out an application form and then you must submit it; you cannot hold onto it.

On the journey of life, you have to keep submitting your desires and not hold onto them. And as you keep submitting them, fewer desires come up.

Unfortunate are those who keep on desiring and yet their desires are not fulfilled;

A little more fortunate are those whose desires get fulfilled over a long period of time;

More fortunate are those whose desires get fulfilled as soon as they arise;

The most fortunate are those who have no desires because there is fulfillment before a desire can arise.

某个男孩问古儒吉一个问题，在古儒吉未及回答之前，他又有了另一个问题。
因此，古儒吉说：「如果你紧抓问题不放，你如何能接收答案呢？」
把问题交给我，那么你就会发现已身在答案中了。
欲望是自己出现的……，不是吗？欲望来之前，它们事先曾问过你吗？当它们来时，你怎么办？如果你不想要有任何的欲望，那就又成了另一个欲望了。
这里给你们一个线索：
如果你要搭飞机或看电影，必须买票，票必须交给看门的人。如果你紧握着票，你怎能进去呢？
如果你想要进大学，你必需填写申请书，然后交出去，你不能紧握着申请书。
在生命的旅程中，你必须一直交出欲望，不要紧抓不放。当你不断地交出欲望时，欲望的出现就减少了。
不幸的是那些欲求不断而无法实现的人。
稍微幸运的是那些欲望在长久之后才能实现的人。
更幸运的是那些欲望一出现就得以实现的人。
最幸运的是那些没有半点欲望的人，因为欲望在出现之前即已实现。

Try something new for 30 days

Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days

Thanks to my writer friend Fareeda, here's a video which she shared with our group and which I found inspiring.

Quite a lot of friends, when we talk about Yoga, thought that it is a very difficult thing. Some of them told me their bodies are very stiff, and therefore feel stupid when they could not bend into certain postures.

Don't worry, you are not alone!

But be rest assured that Yoga is definitely not about bending into ridiculously impossible postures, but a great way to learn more about our body and relax our mind. Do yourself a favour, do not compare yourself with others too! Instead, listen to what your body tells you. That is the first step to awareness.

Maybe, if you are willing to try something new, give yoga some thought. I knew I did, during one point of my life! 

Faith and Love 信心与爱(40)

Note: Every week from 1995, Guruji started sending out knowledge sheets which he fondly called the 'Knowledge Fax' to be read out and discussed at Satsangs happening all around the world. Guruji ended this delightful practice at the 365th week in September 2002, so as to let us fully digest them! These knowledge sheets have been compiled into An Intimate Note To The Sincere Seeker Volumes 1-7. I began the practice of posting a Knowledge Sheet every week for the benefit of those who have not had the opportunity to get hold of these priceless books. It had never cease to uplift me by reading and rereading this knowledge. So I know you would certainly enjoy them!

注：从 1995年开始，古儒吉开始每一个星期寄出他称为‘智慧传真’的智慧语录以供在世界各地举行的唱场阅读与分享。大师在2002年9月，也就是第365周结束了这个做法，让我们好好的消化和实践这些智慧。这些智慧语录已收录为7本书：古儒吉大师智慧语录（1-7集）。我开始每个星期刊登一篇智慧语录，以供还没有机会买到这几本宝贵的书籍的学员分享。不断阅读这些智慧语录让我得益不浅。所以我知道其他人也会有很大的收获。

 

13/3/1996 Swargashram (Heavenly Abode), Rishikesh, India 印度瑞希克西（天堂所在）

 

God does not wish you to have more faith because it will mean more work for Him. Then you will start to control Him and He will have to run behind you.

God is the servant of faithful servants; He does not want too many servants telling Him what He should be doing!

Love is the highest strength, yet it makes you absolutely weak. So God-the Enlightened One-Nature-does not want you to have more faith or love. With too much faith and love, you make God weak.

So it is better for God that you have less faith. Things can go on as they are. Why transform? Be happy.

Meditation is seeing God in youself.

Love is seeing God in the person next to you.

Knowledge is seeing God everywhere.

Expression of love is service.

Expression of joy is your smile.

Expression of peace is meditation.

Expressing God is conscious action.

上帝并不希望你对衪有更多的信心，那意味着衪的工作就会愈多。你就会开始控制衪，而衪就必需追着你跑。
上帝是忠心仆人的仆人，而衪不希望有太多仆人告诉衪衪该做的事！
爱是至高的力量，但它会让你绝对的软弱。因此上帝──启明者──大自然──并不希望你有更多的信心或爱。你太多的爱与信心会令上帝软弱。
因此，对上帝而言，最好是你的信心少一些。事情能自然地进展，为什么要转变呢？快乐就是了。
静心是在你​​自己身上见到上帝。爱是在你身旁的人身上见到上帝。知识是处处见到上帝。

爱的表达是服务。喜悦的表达是微笑。安详的表达是静心。而表达上帝则是觉知的行动。

Love,
ZY