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燒製好的鍋 The Well-Baked pot

#066 1996/9/12 印度 班格羅靜心所

如果你將水倒入尚未燒製好的鍋，不但鍋毀了，水也浪費了。但是如果這鍋燒製得宜並且堅固耐用，則無論你是把水倒進鍋中、或把鍋放入水中，都不會有影響。

在那天舉行的晚間唱場中，一位虔信者獻上一只美麗的手工陶壺。另一位虔信者獻上一束花。古儒吉把花放入陶壺中說著：

「如果這壺燒製得宜，那麼它就能盛裝這些花。」

隨後又有人遞上甜點當禮物，古儒吉接著說：

「當你開花之時，甜美就跟隨而來。」

之後有人遞上一盒山碟許牌(Sandesh)的糖果，古儒吉就以此做總結，他說：

「這就是今天的訊息。」(Sandesh在印度語的意思是訊息。)

066 THE WELL BAKED POT

Weekly Knowledge #66 Bangalore Ashram 12 Sep 1996 India

If you pour water into a half baked pot, the pot becomes wasted and so does the water. If the pot is well baked and strong, then it does not matter whether you put the water into the pot or the pot into the water.

During Satsang that evening a devotee presents a beautiful hand crafted pot to Guruji. Another devotee presents a bouquet of roses. Placing the bouquet into the pot Guruji says, "If the pot is well baked, then it will hold the flowers."

Yet another gift of sweets is given to Guruji and He adds, "When you blossom the sweets come to you." Then came a box of (Sandesh) Sweets and Guruji concluded, "This is today's sandesh." (Sandesh is the Hindi word for message.)

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