印度的色彩節Holi Festival！
今天是印度的色彩節Holi Festival！大家色彩節快樂！
當心是純淨的，生命是彩色的！
問：大師，請跟我們說說色彩節！
古儒吉:色彩節是一個慶祝色彩的節日，這整個世界是如此多彩多姿。我們的感覺情緒與不同的顏色有關聯：
憤怒與紅色有關、嫉妒與綠色有關，黃色與活力和幸福有關、粉紅色與愛有關、浩瀚與藍色有關、白色與和平靜有關，犧牲與番紅花色有關（橘黃色）、紫色則是和知識有關！
每個人都是一座不斷變化地彩色的噴泉。「往世書Puranas」裡皆是彩色插圖和故事，其中有一個是有關色彩節Holi的故事。
有位阿修羅王叫 「喜拉那拉亞卡夏帕Hiranyakashyap」－他希望大家崇拜他。但他的兒子普拉雷Prahlad則是 神「那拉亞那Narayana」的虔信者；
而那拉亞那神Narayana是國王的死敵。
發怒狂暴的父親國王，要他的妹妹－惡魔霍利卡Holika，除掉兒子普拉雷Prahlad。
妹妹惡魔霍利卡是有能力抗火的，她便坐在燃燒的柴堆將姪子普拉雷 Prahlad放在她的膝蓋上。
結果，妹妹－惡魔霍利卡Holika被燒死，兒子－普拉雷Prahlad安然無恙地出來。
國王「喜拉那拉亞卡修帕 Hiranyakashyap」，這字象徵著一個人是毛。 兒子「普拉雷Prahlad」，則是無罪、信心和至福的體現！精神無法侷限於僅愛物質！喜拉那拉亞卡修帕 Hiranyakashyap希望的喜悅都是來自物質世界。而這不是這樣運作的。
個體靈魂無法永遠被侷限在物質！最終都將自然地走向神－那拉亞那Narayana，一個更高的本我。
惡魔霍利卡象徵著，過去的束縛想要試著燒掉普拉雷Prahlad的清白。但普拉雷Prahlad，深深植根於那拉亞那Narayana的虔誠之愛Bhakti裡，這可以燒掉過去的印象（sanskaras）。
一個深處於虔誠之愛Bhakti裡的人，喜樂如泉，湧出許多色彩，生命成為一場慶祝。燒掉過去，為一個新的開始作好準備。
你的情緒像火一般燃燒著你。但是，當情緒是如泉湧的色彩時，它們為你的生活增添魅力。
在無知的情況下，情緒是很煩人的事情；在知識中，同樣的情緒則會增添色彩。
有一個傳說是在濕婆神Shiva處在三摩地靜心中，而他的太太帕爾瓦蒂Parvati在苦行時期的故事！
卡瑪締瓦神Kamadeva是愛之主，為了促進這兩位神性的結合，被濕婆神Shiva燒成灰燼，以致濕婆神不得不從三摩地靜心中出來與帕爾瓦蒂Parvati結合。
帕爾瓦Parva是－節，帕爾瓦蒂 Parvati則意味著出生於節慶 - 慶祝！
三摩地Samadhi必需結合慶祝與慾望！因此，慾望(卡瑪Kama)被呼請進來。不過，為了慶祝，你需要超越慾望！所以濕婆神Shiva睜開第三隻眼，燒毀了慾望(卡瑪)。當心中的慾被燒毀，慶祝發生，而生活變得多彩多姿！
「如色彩節Holi一樣，生命應該是豐富多彩不枯燥的。當每種顏色可以被清楚地看到，就是豐富多元，而當所有的顏色都混在一起，你最終只有黑色。」
生活也是如此，我們在生活中扮演不同的角色，每個角色和情感需要得到明確的界定。情緒混亂便產生問題。「當你是一個父親，你必須扮演父親的一部分。在辦公室，你不能成為一個父親。當你生活中的角色混合在一起時，你便開始犯錯。無論你在生活中扮演的角色是什麼，讓自己充分的扮演這角色。在多樣化中的和諧性， 使活充滿活力、喜悅和更加豐富多彩。」
你生活中所經驗的喜悅是源自你本我的深處 - 當你放下所執著的一切時，在空間裡安定於核心，這稱為冥想靜心。「靜心不是一種行為，它是無為的藝術！」。
在靜心中的休息是比最深的睡眠還要更深，因為在靜心中，你超越了所有的慾望（無慾），這靜心的狀態使大腦無比的冷靜，就像在保養或整修我們整個複雜的身心。而只有這樣，我們才能夠理解存在的更高狀態，而能看到整個世界皆是精神心靈或意識。
慶祝是心靈的本質，而靜默中出現的慶祝是真實的。如果神聖與慶祝結合，它變成完整的、圓滿的，它不只是身體和心而已，是連靈魂都一起在慶祝！
當心是純淨的，生命是彩色的！
在慶祝狀態中，心中常常忘了神的存在！
我們要經驗神的存在，神的光圍繞著我們！
你們應該有個慾望 - 一個想要經驗到〝是什麼在運行這世界？〞的慾望。
要經驗這，必需透過祈禱，而那必需是全心投入的祈禱。如果頭腦被其他事所佔據，那就不是祈禱！
當你面臨阻礙，由心深處的祈禱會創造奇蹟！
祈禱應驗在這兩種情況下，或在綜合的情況下發生！
當你心存感恩、或當你感到完全地無助時！
如果你不感恩和也不虔誠，你就糟了！
感受到「我是受到祝福」的感覺，可以幫助你克服任何的阻礙！
一旦你意識到你是受祝福的，那麼所有的抱怨、牢騷、及不安全感都將消失！
慶祝自然顯耀，生命變得豐富多彩！
聖者詩麗詩麗若威香卡 Sri Sri Ravishankar
Dear Guruji, please talk about the Holi!
Holi is a festival of colours. This whole world is so colourful. Justlike nature there are different colours associated with our feelings andemotions: anger with red, jealousy with green, vibrancy and happiness withyellow, love with pink, vastness with blue, peace with white, sacrifice withsaffron and knowledge with violet. Each person is a fountain of colours whichkeep changing.
Puranas are full of colourful illustrations and stories and there is astory related to Holi. An asura king, Hiranyakashyap, wanted everyone toworship him. But his son Prahlad was a devotee of Lord Narayana, the king'ssworn enemy. Angry, the king wanted Holika, his sister, to get rid of Prahlad.Empowered to withstand fire, Holika sat on a burning pyre holding Prahlad onher lap. But it was Holika who was burnt, Prahlad came out unharmed.
Hiranyakashyap symbolises one who is gross. Prahlad embodies innocence,faith and bliss. The spirit cannot be confined to love only matter.Hiranyakashyap wanted all joy to come from the material world. It did nothappen that way. The individual jivatma cannot be bound to the materialforever. It's natural to eventually move towards Narayana, one's higher Self.
Holika symbolises past burdens that try to burn Prahlad's innocence. ButPrahlad, so deeply rooted in Narayana Bhakti, could burn all past impressions(sanskaras). For one who is deep in bhakti, joy springs up with new colours andlife becomes a celebration. Burning the past, you gear up for a new beginning.Your emotions, like fire, burn you. But when they are a fountain of colours,they add charm to your life. In ignorance, emotions are a bother; in knowledge,the same emotions add colour.
One legend talks about the time when Parvati was in tapasya and Shivawas in samadhi. In facilitating the divine union of the two, Kamadeva, the Lordof Love, gets burnt to ashes by Shiva. Shiva had to come out of samadhi to joinParvati, `Parva’ is festival and `Parvati’ means `born out of festival’ -celebration!
For samadhi to unite with celebration, the presence of desire wasnecessary. So, desire (Kama) was invoked. But again, to celebrate, you need toovercome desire. So Shiva opened his third eye and burned Kama. When desire inthe mind is burnt, celebration happens and life becomes colourful.
Like Holi, life should be colourful, not boring. When each colour isseen clearly, it is colourful. When all the colours get mixed, you end up withblack. So also in life, we play different roles. Each role and emotion needs tobe clearly defined. Emotional confusion creates problems. When you are afather, you have to play the part of a father. You can't be a father at office.When you mix the roles in your life, you start making mistakes. Whatever roleyou play in life, give yourself fully to it. Harmony in diversity makes lifevibrant , joyful and more colourful.
The joy you experience in life is from the depth of your Self - when youlet go all that you hold on to and settle down being centered in that space.That is called meditation. Meditation is not an act; it is the art of doingnothing! The rest in meditation is deeper than the deepest sleep that you canever have because in meditation you transcend all desires. This brings suchcoolness to the brain and it is like servicing or overhauling the wholebody-mind complex.
Only then we are able to understand the uplifted state of the being andsee that the whole world is all spirit or consciousness. Celebration is thenature of the spirit and the celebration that comes out of silence is real. Ifsacredness is attached to a celebration, it becomes total, complete. It's notjust body and mind but also the spirit that celebrates.
In a state of celebration, the mind often forgets the Divine. We shouldexperience the Divine’s presence, the Divine’s lightaround us. You should have a desire to experience the something by which thewhole world is running. To experience this through your prayers, there shouldbe total involvement. If the mind is preoccupied elsewhere, then that is noprayer at all.
When you are faced with obstacles, deep prayers can work miracles.Prayer happens in two situations, or in a combination of situations. When youfeel grateful or when you feel utterly helpless. If you are not grateful andprayerful, you will be miserable. The feeling that “I amblessed” can help you overcome any failure. Once you realise that you areblessed, then all the complaints disappear, all the grumbling disappears, allthe insecurities disappear.
Celebration dawns spontaneously and life becomes colourful。
— 在 Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
聖者詩麗詩麗若威香卡 by Sri Sri Ravishankar
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