虔誠 Bhakti
#84 1997/1/15 加勒比 千里達島
梵文Bhakti(虔誠)是由「bha」、「ka」、「ta」及「i (發音為ee)」四個字母所組成。「bha」意指圓滿、滋育；「ka」是種認知的方法；「ta」是指救贖、解救、拯救(tarana)；「i (ee)」意為力量、能量(shakti)。
虔誠滋育你。虔誠是正確的知識，認知的方法。有虔誠存在，就沒有懷疑。虔誠拯救你。虔誠給予你最大的力量。
虔誠包含所有這些特質的種子。人情緒上的起伏不定是因為不知虔誠。
洪水來時，水四處橫流氾濫；它不像河水般沿著兩岸流動。因此當你的情緒有如洪水般四處橫流時，心也就亂成一團。倘若所有的強烈情緒均沿著一個方向流動，那就成了最大的力量，那就是虔誠。
智慧的象徵是臣服或虔誠。
084 BHAKTI
Weekly Knowledge #84 Trinidad 15 Jan 1997 Caribbean
In Bhakti there are four letters. It's made up of "bha", "ka", "ta", and "i" (ee). "Bha" stands for fulfillment and nourishment. "Ka" stands for knowing - a means of knowing. "Ta" stands for redeeming, for saving, for salvation. "I" (ee) stands for shakti.
So in Bhakti four things are there: fulfillment and nourishment; means of knowing; "tarana" or salvation; and energy. Bhakti saves you. Bhakti nourishes you. Bhakti is the means of knowing, the right knowledge. When Bhakti is there the doubts don't come. It gives the most energy. So Bhakti contains as the seed all the four qualities.
All the emotional upheavals one undergoes is because one doesn't know Bhakti. When all intense feelings flow in one direction that is Bhakti, it becomes Bhakti. What is the difference between a canal and a flooded field? In a flood what happens is the water does not have a bank to flow in. When the water flows within banks you call it "river". When water is scattered all over, it's all flooded. So when the emotions get flooded everywhere, mind is in a mess. If it is intensely flowing in a direction, then that is Bhakti. And that is most powerful.
A sign of Intelligence is Surrender or Bhakti.
NEWS FLASH
Guruji escaped from the Akademie Bad Antogast (German Ashram) for one day to meet with the World Health Organization at Geneva. Then he completed the European Teacher's Refresher week, managing to meet with every group from every country represented before taking off for Trinidad. There he was received at the airport by the Minister of Social Development, and met the following day with first the President of Trinidad and then the Prime Minister. Guruji spoke to over-flowing crowds each evening.
Janael McQueen said that a Joytish (astrologer) had said many devotees would be enlightened in the next ten years. Michael Fischman said, "Oh, when it happens to you, give me a call!"
Jai Guru Dev
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