光之節日 Diwali
125 1997/10/30 印度 瑞希克西
時空是無限的。沙粒是無可算計的。宇宙中的原子無窮無盡。星星亦然，銀河亦然。
這星球上的生命亦如此，沒有開始亦沒有結束，因為一切皆是球狀。球體既無始
亦無終，無目標，亦無方向。
真理沒有方向，沒有目標。真理本身即是目標，而真理是無限的。
在這有限的生命中活出永恆，在悲苦中去發掘無上的喜悅。這即是你來此的目的。
當這智慧出現時，慶典即產生，而在歡慶中你或許喪失專注性與覺知。右代的先
知明白此點，因此為了在慶典的歡悅中保持覺知，他們為每個慶典帶來神聖的感
覺與感恩儀式──仆伽（puja）。
今日是迪瓦利（diwali），光之節日。街道、建築物處處點著色彩繽紛的燈光。
光節有四個層面：
1. 燈光──象微知識的傳播。
2. 爆竹──觀看爆竹，使內在狂爆欲裂的傾向得到釋放。爆裂產生於外時，內
在的爆裂即擴散消失。
3. 禮物與糖果──分享禮物與分發糖果消除悲苦，並使友誼復甦。
4. 感覺豐盛──對自己所擁有的，覺知並感恩。
歡慶知識並感覺豐盛，那些有的人，將會被賜予愈多！
125 DIWALI
Weekly Knowledge #125 Rishikesh 30 Oct 1997 India
Time and space are infinite. Grains of sand are countless. Atoms in the universe are innumerable. So also the stars, the galaxies. The same is with the life on this planet. Neither is there a beginning nor is there an end, because it is all spherical. A sphere has neither a beginning nor an end, nor a goal, nor a direction. Truth has no direction, no goal. Truth itself is the goal and truth is infinite.
Feeling or experiencing the infinity within this finite body, living the timelessness within the time span of life, uncovering the bliss within the misery. This is what you are here for.
Today is Diwali - the Festival of Lights. The streets and buildings are lit up with colorful lights. The four aspects of Diwali:
1. The lights: Symbolic of spreading the Knowledge.
2. Fire crackers: When the explosion happens outside, the explosion inside is diffused.
3. Gift exchange and distribution of sweets: Sweets dispel the bitterness and renew the friendship.
4. Feeling abundance: Brings awareness and gratefulness for what one has.
When true wisdom dawns, it gives rise to celebration, and in celebration you may lose focus or awareness. The ancient rishis knew this so to maintain awareness in the midst of gaiety of celebration, they brought sacredness and puja to every celebration.
Celebrate the Knowledge and feel the abundance, for "those who have will be given more"!
NEWS FLASH After the trip to Shimoga, the Ashram hosted a Family Day for local course graduates while their guests were introduced to the Knowledge and programs. A Maha Kriya was held for 2,000. Lunch served to 4,000 without a hitch was a marvel to behold, and volunteers were jumping and dancing by the end of the day.
After Satsang in Pune, crowds crushed onto the stage for Darshan with Guruji, while volunteers were busy controlling the ever-enthusiastic crowd. The thousands of pairs of neatly packaged and numbered shoes in the entry way got into disarray in the chaos which followed. Many people lost their shoes but they were too happy to care.
The next morning, in spite of it's being a peak-season Diwali business day, 1,800 course graduates joined Guruji for Satsang.
Coincidentally, on this day of Diwali festival, 60 blind women are beginning a week-long residential course at the Bangalore Ashram.
Jai Guru Dev
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