「規律是你的私德。生活並不全是美好的,然而當你有完善的規律,你便能夠很好地穿越它。一切取決於你的規律程度;規律如何服務你?而你又如何保持規律來穿越所有外在與內在的攻擊呢?生活是一道難題,而規律就是答案。」 ~ Yogi Bhajan, 1997(翻譯:葳瑪 Winni Abnashjot Kaur ) “Rhythm is your personal virtue. Your life will not have all good times, but if your rhythm is perfect, you can go through it very nicely. All depends upon how rhythmic you are; how rhythms serve you and how you keep your rhythm going through all attacks, outside and inside. Life is a challenge and rhythm is the answer”. – Yogi Bhajan, 1997
曾於2012翻譯整理過寶瓶時代的5個箴言,其中第一年「2013夏至冥想:認清他人即是你Recognize that the other person is you(3HO全球冥想40天)」。 今年走到了第4個箴言,這句英文之前有過幾種中文翻譯的說法,在我這次看了大師Yogi Bhajan的解釋之後,大膽用我自己的中文語法來順這句話:「以慈悲來體察,否則你將錯解這個(寶瓶)時代。」 YB在字面上表達「用慈悲來理解 ── 而不是用激情」。我所想到的激情,也許就像狂熱的、煽動性的思想行為,而腦海中突然閃過「感情用事」四個字,當以自我中心的想法去想像他人、將自己的腦內小劇場無限延伸,卻往往誤會了或曲解了他人的本意。然而心(頭腦)總是隨著感情、情緒跑來跑去,它是沒有定見的、它是不能控制的。所以我們需要慈悲。── 我很喜歡YB所闡釋的這個觀念,很呼應我所知道的佛法,關於破除自我幻相、「慈悲與空性」雙運的部份,感謝YB提供最簡單說明和實修入門。── 因此這個箴言的標題,我使用「體察」二字來代替「理解」,感覺比較有味道。 若以省略受詞的情況來看,翻成「用慈悲來體察(寶瓶時代)」,那麼此句義的高度又更加提升了,當我們用慈悲的眼光來看待這個目前身處的寶瓶時代,就會產生更加開闊與包容的感受,一切看似井然有序的舊社會思維似乎正在崩解中,但是更新穎、更活潑、更有創意、更顛覆的東西不斷地出現、不斷挑戰和推翻舊有的,可說是百家爭鳴。這的確需要很大的慈悲去理解,理解環境的變化、理解更多不同人們的快樂與痛苦,才能適應良好這個多變的世界呢。 接著YB說,否則我們會誤解。標題的受詞寫「這個時代」。也就是從2011.11.11起進入的「寶瓶時代」(參見〈寶瓶時代的五大特徵〉文章,和《寶瓶時代的教師》一階師訓課本),簡單來說,這是服務互助、資訊透明…的時代。這意味著時代轉換之後,若凡事仍以自我想法為中心、只利益自己的人,便誤解了這個時代的趨勢,如果不能將心比心、與人我合一,那麼你反而會過得比較辛苦和不開心吧。所以倒不如敞開心門,將感情轉化成慈悲、當從內心同理他人時,才能讓自己成為一個有力量的人。 這回並未指定夏至冥想的起迄日期,也沒有指定的音樂。因此如果按今年美國夏至6月16日開幕日往前推算,我們可以從5月7日開始做到6月15日為40天,與美國夏至活動無縫接軌(或從5月12日開始做到6月20日為40天,與美國夏至白譚催無縫接軌),當然如果你都沒參加這些活動,也可以選擇想要什麼時候開始都是很好的時機,給自己目標連續不中斷做個40天、或90天、或120天,來轉化自己、深化這個體驗吧!(據悉也有外國人從年初就開始做這個冥想囉。) 以下是Winni Abnashjot Kaur的中文翻譯服務,如需取用請標註來源,謝謝。
Global Solstice Sadhana: 4th Sutra Meditation示範影片:
其他版本的唱誦音樂參考: https://youtu.be/lxBzvNcun2g (您也可以Rakhe Rakhanhar或Rakhe Rakhan Har的關鍵字,搜尋Youtube上你喜歡的歌曲版本,只要抒情即可。) 還有很多關於「喚醒慈悲心的昆達里尼瑜珈」,有興趣的話,請就近聯絡KRI認證的昆達里尼瑜珈教師來指導你做喔。 ※ 5/11補充2016夏至前,全球四40天冥想─透過了解產生慈悲心 (Light of KY昆達里尼之光 by Monica老師) Spirit Voyage英文網頁
以下3HO網站原文:
2016 Theme: The 4th Sutra
This year's theme is the 4th Sutra of the Aquarian Age:
"Understand through Compassion
or you will Misunderstand the Times."
Yogi Bhajan clarified this sutra when he said we need to understand through compassion—instead of passion—or we will misunderstand. Passions are like tides coming and going. The mind can't be steady because the tidal waves of passion will always take the mind up, down, and all around.
Compassion is like a trade wind carrying you across an infinite ocean. "Turn your passions into compassion by feeling others are you and you are others. Remove the barriers of the egocentric self and feel the self in all. All is one and one is all.”
It is only when you come from your heart that your words can penetrate every heart. "When a being becomes totally a being of compassion, then his words can shake every heart, they penetrate.”
"It is the touch of the hand, a spoken word and the contact of the eyes which open the heart of the man, not the knowledge of all the libraries in the world. Turn your passions into compassion by feeling others are you and you are others. Remove the barriers of the egocentric self and feel the self in all. All is one and one is all.”"
The only beautiful thing which makes you human is compassion. Think about vengeance, lies, truth, God, greatness, think of anything, if you take compassion out of it, everything becomes bitter. Compassion is a value of life; it is power; it is God and meditation; it is truth. Compassion gives you the strength to go through suffering and yet, feel no pain. There is absolutely no grace without compassion.
Posture: Sit in Easy Pose with your spine straight.
Mudra: Cross the Saturn Fingers (middle fingers) over the Jupiter fingers (index fingers) of each hand. Place thumbs on mounds of Mercury, which is just at the base of the pinkie.
Mantra: Sing with a lyrical version of Rakhay Rakhanahaar.
Eyes: Closed.
Movement:
On the first line of the mantra, bring the hands up and press them into the chest, one palm over the other.
On the second line of the mantra, lower the arms so the wrists rest on the knees.
Continue alternating in this way, but keep the hands at the chest for the last line that repeats twice.
Then briefly lower and raise them again for the first line.
The Five Sutras of the Aquarian Age by Yogi Bhajan: 1. 認出他人就是你 Recognize that the other person is you. 2. 沒有一個阻礙是不能被排除的 There is a way through every block. 3. 當時機來到,去行動,壓力自然會解除 When the time is on you, start, and the pressure will be off. 4. 用慈悲心去理解,便不會誤解這個時代 Understand through compassion or you will misunderstand the times. 5. 與宇宙共振,無限自會為你排除萬難 Vibrate the Cosmos; the Cosmos shall clear the path.