10/10/2010-16/10/2010

As we are celebrating our festival of Nine Emperor Gods, celebration of Navaratri in Bangalore, Ashram, is going on in full force, both Festivals fall on the same dates, i.e. 8/10/2010-16/10/2010.  Devotees celebrate these two festivals for nine consecutive nights and usually both festivals happen at the same time each year. 

Undeniably, our ancestors are much more smarter and spiritually fulfilled than their generation today.  Imagine a world before globalisation and the era of the internet, where there are no TV and radios, (Yes! We are talking about that long ago) our great forefathers from continents so far apart, after going into deep contemplation during meditation, decided simultaneously that once in every year, there are nine special nights which deserve celebration. 

As celebration in our modern society goes, the most realistic way of celebrating something is to declare it as a public holiday so that we can stay home, instead of going to work. But celebration of Navaratri goes deeper that that.  We have the grace and blessing to have Guruji, who shares the same wave length with our ancestors and is willing to share the ancient sacred knowledge with the world.

According to Guruji, Navaratri is a celebration of our spirit or prana (life force). 'The nine days of Navratri are also an opportunity to rejoice in the three primordial qualities that make up the universe. Though our life is governed by the three gunas, we seldom recognize and reflect on them. The first three days of Navratri are attributed to tamo guna, the next three days to rajo guna and the last three days to sattva guna. Our consciousness sails through the tamo and rajo gunas and blossoms in the sattva guna of the last three days. Whenever sattva dominates in life, victory follows. The essence of this knowledge is honored by celebrating the tenth day as Vijaydashmi.'
(For those who thirst for Guruji's weekly knowledge, log on to Wisdom from Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.)

In modern terms, Navaratri is a celebration of our Self, ancient wisdom, a time to let go (even just for a short while) our desires, feverishness and reflect on our inner Self.  In short, it is a journey to the center of the Self.

We celebrate the last day of Navaratri with a group of 8 people, singing sometimes out-of-tune bhajans, playing mostly out of beat instruments, and listening to Guruji's discourse on Bhakti Sutra, about love and pain. Compared to the thousands of devotees that throng the Ashram at Bangalore, ours seemed like a very small and private affair.  Nevertheless, the love, enthusiasm and wisdom flows from the same infinite consciousness.


Don't forget, most fortunate is the one who celebrates life everyday!!!

03/10/2010-09/10/2010

The past week, teacher Hwa Seng managed to conduct our weekly group practice on Sunday and Monday, before heading off to the Navaratri Celebration at the Ashram in Bangalore, India.  Navaratri is celebrated by the thousands at the Ashram each year and it has a very special meaning especially to those on the spiritual path.

华生老师星期日、一给我们团练之后，就启程到印度班格罗静修所去参加圣母节。每年都有上万的人到静修所去庆祝圣母节。这个节日对在灵修道路上的寻道者有着特别的意义。

Vishalakshi Mantap (Bangalore, India)-also warmly called the birthday cake!

This week, we would like to feature a group of selfless volunteers-who took up the commitment to clean up our centre every Saturday, come rain or shine.  They work behind the scenes, away from the spotlight, and never complain about the workload.  Cleaning the centre together amidst the full blast of bhajans on the speakers is another merry weekly affair! Anyone who feels like joining in the fun is welcome to join us every Saturday at 9.00am - 11.00am. 

我们这个星期特辑的主角是一群大方的义工-他们每个星期六承担起清洗我们中心的责任，风雨无阻。他们这群幕后工作者默默地为中心服务，从不邀功，毫无怨言。在巴将的旋律下一起清洗中心也是每星期中心愉快的活动！有任何人想要和我们一起玩乐的话欢迎在每个星期六早上9.00至11.00来参与。

Angels come and go every Saturday 天使们每个星期六悄悄的来、悄悄地走。

Volunteers 'behind' the scenes 幕后义工人员

The Love Of The Ignorant And The Anger Of The Enlightened 无知者的爱与启明者的愤怒 (12)

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。

31/08/1995 Here and Now 此时此刻

The love of the ignorant can be harmful, yet even the anger of the Enlightened is not harmful.  It can only be good!


We have a school at the ashram in Bangalore.  There are 250 children enrolled, but only 200 come to class on any given day. Fifty children don't show up! Why? Because they cry at home,"Mother, I don't want to go to school."

The mother says,"Oh, la la, don't cry...okay." She thinks No child in the world is like my child.  She gives in to the child and defends him. She does not see the teacher's point of view.

So, what happens? The child grows up spoiled. The child will never learn the alphabet, never learn to read or write. And the mother says,"Oh never mind, there are sheep to look after and fields to tend." Her love in ignorance has spoiled the child.

On the other hand,

The anger of the Enlightened is a blessing.

The Puranas give many instances of this.  Once a Master was traveling with a disciple in the middle province of India. Some boys who were rude, rough, and abusive began to throw stones and tease the disciple, calling him names. This went on for some time as the boys followed the Master and the disciple.

They came to a river. The Master and the disciple got into a boat and started to cross. The boys got into another boat which began to sink in the middle of the river.

The Master slapped the disciple across the face. The disciple was so surprised, as he had not said a single word in response to the boys' taunts! He had been such a good disciple and yet the Master had slapped him.

The Master said,"It is your fault. You are responsible for their boat sinking. You did not respond to their abuse.  Nature has now punished them in a worse way because you did not have enough compassion to quell their insults."

That slap from the Master took away the karma of this event so that it would not be carried into the future of the boys. It also served to take away any little bit of joy the disciple may have felt as he was seeing the boys' boat sink! Thus, it also took away the karma of the event for the disciple.

Even the anger of the Enlightened is a blessing!

无知者的爱可能是有害的；但启明者即使是他的愤怒亦是无害的，那只可能是好的！

在班格罗静心所，我们有一所学校。入学的学童总共有250个小朋友，但不论任何一天来上课的都只有200位。有50个小朋友没有出席！为什么？因为他们在家哭叫着：「妈咪！我不要上学。」

妈妈就说：「啊！亲爱的，不要哭……好。」她觉得世界上没有孩子是像我的孩子一样的。因此，她就向孩子屈服，开始为孩子辩护。她无法了解到老师的观点。

所以，然后呢？小孩被宠坏了长大。这小孩永远无法学会看书写字。然后妈妈说，「喔！没关系，可以看羊，可以种田。」母亲无知的爱宠坏了小孩。

启明的愤怒是种恩赐。

在<普拉那斯(Puranas)>中有许多这样的例子。一次，一个师父与一个门徒在印度中部的一省旅行。一些无礼、粗鲁、狂虐的男孩开始向门徒丢石头，骂他、戏弄他。这情形持续了一阵子，因为这群男孩就跟随这对师徒。

他们到了一条河的地方，师父与门徒上船渡河。男孩们也上了另一条船，但到了河心，那条船就开始下沉。

师父打了门徒耳光。门徒非常惊讶，因为他对男孩子们的辱骂，连半个字都没回啊！他一直是这样的一个好门徒，但师父却打了他耳光！

师父说，「是你的错，他们的船沉了你要负责。你没回应他们的辱骂。现在大自然以更糟的方式惩罚他们，因为你不够慈悲没有平息他们的侮辱。」

师父赏的耳光带走了这事件的业力，使这业力不会进入男孩们的未来。同时也消除了门徒见到男孩们沉船时，可能感到任何丝微的喜悦所带来的业力！因此，也将这事件带给门徒的业力消除掉。

甚至启明者的愤怒也是种恩赐！

On Tour with Teacher Hwa Seng 追击华生老师

Teacher Hwa Seng, have a safe trip to India.  Enjoy yourself there! Most importantly, REMEMBER OUR PRESENTS!

华生老师，我们祝你一路顺风。在印度玩得开心一点！最重要的：记得我们的礼物！

26/09/2010 - 02/10/2010

In a short span of only 2 weeks, we managed to organise a Part I Basic Course at our centre (26/09/2010 - 01/10/2010).  With 16 students, we are proud that we are able to invite teachers Meng Hooi and Fong Ying, who have to drive down from Sungai Petani everyday to conduct the course.

在短短两个星期的通知，我们成功举办一个初级课程（26/09/2010 - 01/10/2010）。这次的课程共有十六位学生，我们很荣幸邀请到明辉老师 和 Fong Ying 老师来我们的中心教课。他们都很热心，每天从双溪大年到我们中心教课。

Meng Hooi 明辉 (left左） Fong Ying (right，右）

Class of 26/10/2010 - 01/10/2010

On Saturday, about 9 of our Alor Setar Sevas attended the Seva Dinner held at Butterworth.  9位义工星期六晚上到北海 去参加义工的庆功宴。

Asuya and Anasuya 挑剔之眼与完美之眼 （11）

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。

24/08/1995 London, United Kingdom 英国 伦敦

There is a certain mindset that always finds fault even under the best conditions.  When you give such a person the best possible things, he find faults.  Even with the ideal companion or the most beautiful painting, he will still find something wrong. This kind of mindset is called asuya; it can never know the sacred Knowledge.

Asuya is finding a fault or seeing a malicious intent everywhere.  Suppose it is windy and you shut the door, but at that moment someone else was just about to walk in. He will think that the door has been slammed in his face! This is asuya.

You have a friendship, and after ten years you find a fault and decide to break it off. Now you do not see any good from that entire relationship.  This is asuya.

The moment you are out of the spiritual Path, you feel that everything on the Path was all wrong.  This is asuya.

Asuya is when a child says,"Mother, you don't love me!" The child's vision is wrong; if the mother does not love the child, who will? It frustrates the mother.

Asuya is when someone comes to me and says,"Guruji, you don't love me!" If I don't love them, forget about it.  Who else in the world will? Yet a Master never becomes frustrated.

Knowledge is different at different levels of consciousness.  At a particular point you become anasuya.

Anasuya means being devoid of fault-finding eyes. 

Krishna tells Arjuna that he is giving him the Royal Secret because he is anasuya:"You are not finding fault in Me, even though you are so close."

From a distance, it is easy to miss a fault in somebody; up close, no fault escapes you.  Even craters cannot be seen from afar; up close, even a smooth surface has imperfections.  If you are interested only in holes, you will not see the larger dimension of things.

Unless you are devoid of fault-finding eyes, there is no point in giving you Knowledge because it cannot blossom in you.

If a mirror is dusty, you can clean it.  But if your eyes have a cataract, any amount of dusting the mirror will not help. You have to remove the cataract.  Then you will see that the mirror was already clean.

Asuya-fault-finding eyes, give you the idea,"The whole world is not sharp, the whole world is no good."

Anasuya is knowing,"It is my own vision of the world that is blurred." And once you discover you have the wrong vision, half of the problem has already disappeared.

某种心态的人总是喜欢挑剔，即使是处于最佳状况。将最好的东西给这种心态的人时，他们仍旧挑剔。纵然有着最好的伴侣或美丽的图画，他们依然会认为哪里不对劲。这种心态称为阿苏亚(asuya)，这种心态永远无法获得神圣的知识。

阿苏亚是寻找瑕疵，到处见到不良居心。假如风很大，而你就把门关了，那时正好有人要进来，那人就认定你当面砰然关门给他难堪。这就是阿苏亚。

你有一段友谊，在长达十年的交往之后，你看到瑕疵而决定分手。现在你看不到整段友谊的半点好处，这就是阿苏亚。

当你脱离灵修的道路，你就觉得那道路上的一切都是不对的，那就是阿苏亚。

阿苏亚是当小孩对母亲说：「妈妈，你不爱我！」时。小孩的看法错了。如果妈妈不爱小孩，那谁会爱呢？阿苏亚会令母亲感到沮丧。

阿苏亚是当有些人跑来跟我说：「古儒吉，你不爱我！」时。如果我不爱他们，那就罢了，这世上还有谁爱他们呢？但是一个上师不感觉沮丧。

知识在不同的意识层面将会不同。在某种特殊的意识层面你会成为阿那苏雅(anasuya)──完美之眼。

完美之眼意谓着不会挑剔的眼睛。

克里希纳对阿朱那说他正要赐予他最高贵的秘密，因为阿朱那具有完美之眼；「你不会在我身上挑毛病，虽然你与我如此亲近。」

从远处看，要见不到一个人的缺点是容易的；靠近时缺点就尽呈眼前而无所遁形。从远方看，就连火山口你也会看不见；而近看时，即使平滑的地面也会有坑洞。如果你对坑洞有兴趣，就看不到事物更宏伟的景象。

除非你摆脱了挑剔之眼，否则就没有必要给你知识，因为知识无法在你的内在绽放。

如果镜子沾上灰尘，你可以将它擦干净。但是如果你的眼睛患了白内障，则你对镜子做再多的清洁都无济于事。你必需摘除白内障，你就会发现，镜子原本是洁净的。

阿苏亚──挑剔之眼──会给你一种想法，「整个世界是模糊的，世界不美好。」

阿那苏雅──完美之眼──则会让你明白「是我看世界的眼光模糊」。而一旦你发现自己的眼光错误，大半的问题即已消失。

Registration forms for various courses 课程表格下载

I have finally found a way to make the registration forms of the various activities of our center downloadable from our blog.  The forms in electronic form can be found on our right under the heading Download Registration Forms!

Please contact me, Zheng-Yi, if you face any problems in downloading any of the forms.

我终于找到了方法可以让大家从我们的部落格下载我们中心多项课程的表格。要下载表格可以在网页的右边表格下载的标题点击您需要的表格！

如果你在下载表格的时候有任何的疑问，请联络正仪。