Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha：佛、法、僧
1997年7月古儒吉在德國靜心所的談話
佛─上師、開悟者
僧─團契、小團體
法─你的真實本性
在佛教界中主要修持的其中之一便是皈依這三者。
“Buddham Sharanam Gacchami ”的意思就是我皈依佛，在覺者中找到了庇護。“ Sangham Sharanam Gacchami ”的意思是我皈依僧，在團契中找到了庇護。“ Dhammam Sharanam Gacchami ”的意思是我皈依法，在一切事物的真實本性中找到了庇護。
佛是一位開悟者，當你越接近祂，你越會發現其中的奧妙。你絕不會對一位開悟者感到厭煩，你越接近祂，你將感受到更多的愛，更多的迷人之處，生命中新的層面將被開啟，這個深度是沒有盡頭的，與開悟者在一起的每一個時刻都將是全新且迷人的。
接著是僧團、團契。當你和團隊保持距離時，團隊是很迷人的，但是當你越接近它，它便會按下你身上所有的按鈕，並且帶出你內在所有的垃圾。所以任何的團隊當你和它保持一定的距離或只是稍微接觸時，感覺起來都很好。
如果你認為其他的團隊比較好，那表示你並沒有徹底投入這個團隊之中，然而當你成為團隊的一份子時，你難免會碰到一些爭端不睦，這就是為什麼你會認為別的團隊比自己的團隊好的原因。但這並不是事實，因為是你自己造就出這樣的團隊，如果你更精進的話，團隊也必然會變的更好，而如果你不精進，不論你走到那裡你都會把那個團隊變成像你一樣。
佛陀的僧團卻與一般的團隊有完全的不同的特質。一旦你習慣了僧團的相處，僧團就對你失去了吸引力，然而關鍵在於佛陀能使你的心變得專注。由於僧團是由許多人所組成的，它會使你的心變得散亂而心煩氣燥。所以，雖然你能從僧團中得到支援，但是它的本質卻是如此。不論何時如果僧團只會令人感到厭煩的話，就沒有人想要留下來，因為我們的本性就是不想處在厭煩中。僧團有著它自己維繫的情誼，同時又能引出你內在的負面特質，這就是僧團存在的意義，而這是好的，就因為如此，僧團能將你推向內在，若沒有這層意義的認知，僧團就只會將你帶離本性。佛陀透過恩典、愛與知識將你往上提昇，佛陀從上面將你往上拉，僧團從下面將你往上推，而法就在其中，這是中庸之道。你的本性並不想走向極端，你的本性想處於平衡，你的本性是讓內心深處綻放笑容，你的本性是全然的接受整個存在界原本的面貌，不貪愛也不厭惡。通常你們會貪愛佛陀而厭惡僧團，縱使你試著改變，改變造成貪愛的覺者或厭惡的僧團，仍是無法改變你眼前不接受整個存在界原本面貌的心智狀態。
僧團的主要目的是要讓你回到你內在的核心，你的法性，去尋回你的法性。什麼是你的法性呢？體悟到這一刻是給我的最好禮物，而全然的接受。當下的這一刻及接著的每一刻，完全的接受當下及接下來的每一刻。當全然的接受出現時，你就不再有任何的問題了。
所有的問題都是頭腦心智所製造出來的，所有的負面特質也是從頭腦而來，這世界並沒有什麼不好，其實這世界是很美麗。我們的世界之所以不好，是因為有一個〞我們〞存在那裡，是我們把世界變醜陋或變美麗，所以當你回歸到你的法性，你的本性時，你就不會再責備這個世界，你就不再責備神。人性的困難之處就是它無法完全融入這世界或神性中，對神總覺得有些許的距離，這些都是自己製造的，但卻想去責怪這世界，不能自在的與世共處。而法性卻能使你回歸中庸之道，並使你自在的與世共處，它使你對這世界有所貢獻。與神自在共處並感受你是神的一部份，那即是真實法性。
Buddha, Sangha, and Dharma
A Talk by Guruji, German Ashram, July 1997
There are three things: the Buddha -- the Master or the Enlightened, the Sangha -- the commune or the group, and the Dharma -- your nature, your true nature. One of the main things in the Buddhist practice is taking refuge in all these three. "Buddham Sharanam Gacchami" means "I take refuge in Buddha." "Sangham Sharanam Gacchami" means "I take refuge in the assembly, the Sangha." And "Dhammam Sharanam Gacchami" means "I take refuge in the true nature of things as they are."
Buddha is the Enlightened. The closer you go to Him the more charm you find. You will never be tired of the Enlightened. The closer you go the more newness, the more charm, the more love you feel. It's like a depth without a bottom. Buddha's company will always be new and charming.
And then there is Sangha, the group. The group is very charming from a distance but the closer you get to it, it pushes all your buttons and brings about all the unwanted things from within you. Any group is very good from a distance or with just a little acquaintance. If you think some group is very good that means you are not yet completely with the group in totality. When you are part of that group you will find some bickering will come up. That's why you find the other group better than your group. It's really not the fact because you make the group. If you are better your group will be better. If you are not better anywhere you go you will make that group also like you.
Sangha has a reverse nature than Buddha – completely different. Once you are used to a Sangha you lose the charm in the Sangha. That is essential because while Buddha makes your mind one-pointed, Sangha because it is of so many people can scatter your mind. It will fragment it. So Sangha's nature will be such though it is very supportive. If it is only repulsive all the time then nobody will be in the Sangha because our nature is not to be in repulsion. Sangha has its own bonding. At the same time it can bring about negativity from within you. And that is what it is meant to do. It is good. In this way Sangha will push you inside to your nature. Otherwise Sangha will distract you from your nature. Buddha uplifts you. Just by Grace, by Love, by Knowledge He pulls you up. The Sangha pushes up from down below. Buddha from above pulls you up and the Sangha pushes you up. And the Dhamma is to be in the middle. Your nature is not to go to extremes. Your nature is to be in balance. Your nature is to smile from the depth of your heart. Your nature is to accept this entire existence totally as it is. Do not crave or be averse. Often you crave for Buddha and you are averse to the Sangha. And you try t o change. By changing Sangha or Buddha you are not going to change.
The main purpose is to come to the center deep within you, your Dharma, to find your dharma. What is the Dharma? Knowing this moment is what has been offered to me and that is how I take it. This very moment and every moment. A sense of deep acceptance for this moment, for every moment. When this has come up then there is no problem at all. All the problems generate from our mind; all negativity comes in from our mind. The world is not bad; the world is beautiful. It is our world that is bad because our world has "us" in it. We make our world ugly or beautiful. So when you are in your Dharma, in your nature, you won't blame the world and you won't blame the Divine. The difficulty of the human mind is that it cannot be part of the world totally and it cannot be part of the Divine. It feels a distance from the Divine. It's its own creation and yet it feels like blaming the world. It's not comfortable with the world. Dharma is that which puts you in the middle and which makes you comfortable with the world. It causes you to contribute to the world, be at ease with the Divine, and feel that you are a part of the Divine. That is true Dharma.
Jai Guru Dev!
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