儉樸Austerity
#180 1998/11/19 印度 班格羅靜心所
儉樸常被誤以為貧窮，是自我否認。其實兩者都不是。儉樸來自成熟，它是一種健康社交生活的表現。
通常履行儉樸生活的人憎恨富有，這是非常可憐的情形。這種儉樸不是由成熟產生，而是強迫而成的。真正的儉樸能包容富有且從不憎恨富有。
事實上，成熟的人會同情無法儉樸的人。儉樸和慶祝並不對立，只有虛華並不是慶祝。慶祝展現在心靈上，只有性靈豐富的人能履行儉樸。假如一個人擁有豐富的物質但卻性靈貧乏，他不僅無法慶祝也無法有所進化。
性靈貧乏是虛華，儉樸讓人擺脫虛華的驕傲，但以儉樸為驕傲也是種虛華。
儉樸來自富足，儉樸帶來富足。假如在生命的任何領域，你覺得有所缺乏，馬上開始履行儉樸，儉樸不僅帶來自由，同時也滋養著與人分享的心和關愛的心。
180 AUSTERITY
Weekly Knowledge #180 Bangalore Ashram 19 Nov 1998 India
Austerity is often mistaken to be poverty, self-denial. It is neither.
Austerity comes out of maturity. It is a sign of social health.
Often people who practice austerity are resentful of richness. This is a very pitiable state. Such austerity is not born out of maturity but out of compulsion. The true austerity has tolerance for richness and is never resentful.
In fact, one who is mature will have pity for one who is not austere. Austerity is not against celebration and just vanity is not celebration.
Celebration dawns in the spirit. Only one who is rich in spirit can practice austerity. One may be rich materially but if he is poor in spirit he can neither celebrate nor evolve.
Poverty of spirit is vanity. Austerity brings freedom from the pride of vanity. But taking pride in austerity is again a vanity !
Austerity comes out of abundance, and austerity brings abundance. If you feel a lack in any area of life, immediately start austerity. Austerity not only brings freedom but nurtures sharing and caring.
NEWS FLASH !
Alerted by some noise at midnight, our gardener rushed out with a torch, and was amazed to find five wild elephants there ! He just said Jai Gurudev and prayed to them, and the elephants didnt damage the garden, though they did break the fence.
Meanwhile, Gurujs cat has stopped catching mice - he leaves the job to us !
Bangalore saw its biggest Basic Course of 230 people, and Guruji gave a series of inspiring talks on the Bhagavad Gita in the local language.
JAl GURU DEV
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