遠離悲傷之道 The Way out of Sorrow
#103 1997/5/28 法國 馬賽
如果你不快樂，最好檢查是否缺少下列中任何一項或全部都有所不足：
堅忍修持(Tapas ---- penance)
不動心(Vairagya ---- dispassion )
臣服(Sharanagati ---- surrender )
「堅忍修持」是接受當下，完全的接受快樂或不快樂的情況。
「不動心」意謂著「我一無所求」以及「我什麼都不是」。
「臣服」是指「我為你而存在，為了你的喜悅而存在。」
如果你埋怨，那麼就缺少以上這些。
因為當你接受狀況時，你無法埋怨；
當你把它當成堅忍修持時，你不會埋怨；
當你是出自不動心的境界(「我一無所求」)時，你不會埋怨；
而假如你是臣服的，你根本不會有抱怨。
如果你並非自願這樣做，那稍後你將在絕望中經驗它。首先你會說，「什麼都行不通。」之後，在憤怒與絕望中你吼出，「我放棄，我什麼都不要了，我別無選擇，管它去死吧！」
所有這三者：
堅忍修持、
不動心、
和臣服
它們淨化你的心，並在喜悅中提升你。
103 THE WAY OUT OF SORROW
Weekly Knowledge #103 Marseilles 28 May 1997 France
If your are unhappy you better check if one or all of these are lacking: Tapa (penance), Vairagya (dispassion), Sharanagati (surrender).
- Tapas is agreeing with the moment, total acceptance of pleasant or unpleasant situations.
- Vairagya means I want nothing and I am nothing.
- Sharanagati is "I am here for You, for Your joy."
If you are grumbling then these are lacking, because when you accept the situation you cannot grumble; when you take it as Tapa you will not grumble; when you come from a state dispassion ("I don't want anything") you don't grumble; and if you are surrendered you will have no complaints.
All these three (Tapas, Vairagya and surrender) purify your mind and uplift you in joy.
If you donÒ´ do it willingly you will do it in desperation. First you say, "Nothing can be done." Then in anger and desperation you say, "I give up, I want nothing, I have no choice, to hell with it!"
NEWS FLASH:
On Buddha Purnima, Guruji was engrossed in singing a new bhajan and did not go to the lecture in Innsbruck. Though the next day he surprised the unhappy organizer and made her happy.
Pais talk had a full house and sent a big wave of enthusiasm all over France.
Three cars and a bus left on Tour de France for ten major cities.
Jai Guru Dev
Vince Gentiluomo is heading up the India Ashram Project for which he is organizing for people to buy their very own Kutir at the Ashram for courses, retirement or whatever. He can be reached in Cleveland, Ohio at 216-473-4212 or fax at 216-473-9973.
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Please note the wonderful children and teenager programs that are available for the first time at this summer's advanced courses.
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