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2010/11

不让心念因怀疑而摇摆

这是世尊八十五华诞的月份。让我们回忆斯瓦米在半个世纪前所说的话，那是1960年11月23日世尊卅五岁诞辰时在百善地尼乐园所发表的。

不让心念因怀疑而摇摆

主的名号有如播在你内心深处的种子，在‘他’的恩典的灌溉下，种子发芽、成长为一颗大树。所有发芽、成长自神的名号的树都一样的可爱和阴凉。倘若你拥有基士拿名号（Krishna-Naama），你所赢取的意象及你所呼唤的形相就以基士拿显现；倘若你拥有的是罗摩名号（Rama-Naama），那么，发芽、成长的就是罗摩的形相了。

一位名叫李拉苏卡（Leelaashukha）的基士拿信徒，他把基士拿的名号深植于他的心田，主于是以一片孔雀羽毛，一支笛子和一个迷人而神秘的微笑显现在他面前。如果你的盼望够殷切，‘他’就会立即满足你最深处的渴望。只要你不让心念因怀疑和失望而摇摆就得了。把一切交给‘他’，把心放下。没有信心的人就像是一艘没有舵和锚的船，在大海中飘荡一样。虔诚者（Bhaktha）以平常心面对生活中的起起伏伏，他一直保持心境的平和。

你常认为一个信徒应该过一个困苦的生活，及，一个不信服上苍的人，才是无忧无虑，顺心如意者；但这完全是一个错误的观念。殊不知信徒是在平稳的情况下航行的；他内心平静，喜悦之泉维系着他，与他为伴。

白拉吉沙斯特里（Bairaagi Shaasthri)（第一位致辞者）说，这是你的一个吉祥的日子，因为这是我的生日；但是，让我告诉你，我有许多像这样的生日。就你而言，吉祥之日应该是你净化心念的那一天而不是我化身降世的那一天。我总是常新的（Noothanna）也是恒古的（Sanaathana）。我总是为伸张正义（Dharma）而来，为正直者而来以确保他们有适当的条件向前迈进。有些怀疑者或会问，“神能采取人的形相吗？”是的，有了人身，人才能获得妙乐；唯借人类的语言和沟通，我们才能收到指示、激励和启发。

神迁就你的意愿并承担你的负荷

我不会强迫你拿起主的一个特别的名和相作为你选择的神明（Ishtam）。主何止有千万个名和相，而‘他’要的就是，当你念诵名号或静虑形相之时，任何名和相都应该在你之内唤起你的信心与思慕。那就是为什么我们有一连串1008个名号可供膜拜的原因了。在重复念诵任何一个名号时，信徒都有可能被拉近跟主的距离，即便在念诵其余名号时有分心或心不在焉的情况出现。

就像严寒的天气能使水冻结一样，信徒不得不承受的痛苦使其心把‘无相之神’（Niraakaar）凝结为他所渴望的某种形相和精神。“Yadh Bhaavare，Thath Bhavathi”（心想事成，或，如所感而成其形）。主迁就你的意愿，‘他’承担你的负荷，但你得信靠‘他’。

因此，你的行动、感觉和话语都应该为了取得“此时之喜悦，此后之喜悦，及永续之喜悦” （Iha Soukhyam，Para Soukhyam，Kaivalya Soukhyam）所有三者而发。我祝福你们大家，在奋斗中取得更大的成功。

1960年11月23日在百善地尼楽园的生日庆典

Do Not Allow Your Mind to Waver Due to Doubts

This is the month of Bhagawan’s 85th Birthday. Let’s recollect what Swami said almost half a century ago on the auspicious occasion of His 35th Birthday on the 23rd of Nov, 1960 in Prashanthi Nilayam.

Do Not Allow Your Mind to Waver Due to Doubts

The (Lord’s) Name is like the seed, implanted in your heart; when the shower of His Grace falls upon it, it sprouts into a lovely tree. All trees that sprout from the Names of the Lord are equally lovely and shady. If you have Krishna-naama (Lord Krishna’s name), the vision that you win and the form that you evoke is that of Lord Krishna; if you have Rama-naama (Lord Rama’s name), it is Lord Rama’s form that sprouts.

Leelaashukha (a devotee of Lord Krishna) had the Name of Krishna embedded in the well ploughed field of his heart and so, the Lord appeared before him with a peacock feather, a flute and a charming mischievous smile! He fulfils your innermost aspiration in a flash, if it is compelling enough. Only you should not allow your mind to waver due to doubt or disappointment. Leave all to Him and be at ease; it is the man with no faith that is tossed about on the sea, like a ship caught in a storm with neither rudder nor anchor. The Bhaktha (devotee) bears the ups and downs of life, keeping the balance of his mind even.

You sometimes talk as if the devotee leads a life beset with hardships and sorrows and that the man who does not bend before a Higher Power is carefree and prosperous; but this is a totally wrong idea. The devotee sails on an even keel; he has inner peace, a spring of joy which sustains him and keeps him together.

Bairaagi Shaasthri (the previous speaker) said that this is an auspicous day for you because this is My Birthday; but let Me tell you, I have many Birthdays like this. The Auspicious Day for you is the day on which your mind is cleansed and not the day on which I took this human form. I am ever new and ever ancient, ever noothana (modern) and ever sanaathana (ancient). I come always for the sake of reviving Dharma, for tending the virtuous and ensuring them conditions congenial for progress. Some doubters might ask, "Can Paramaathma (The Supreme Lord) assume human form?" Well, man can derive aanandha (bliss) only through the human form; we can receive instruction, inspiration, illumination only through human language and human communication.

God Bows To Your Will and Carries Your Burden

I will never force you to take up a particular Name or Form of the Lord as your ishtam (chosen deity). The Lord has a million Names and a million Forms, and He wants that faith and attachment should be evoked in you by any one of them, as you recite the Names or contemplate the Forms. That is why they have a string of 1008 Names for use to worship; the devotee might be drawn closer to the Lord while any one Name is being repeated, however distracted or inattentive he might be during the rest of the list.

Like the coldness of the atmosphere which freezes the water, the compelling agony of the devotee's heart solidifies the Niraakaar (Formless Absolute) into the shape and the attitude that are yearned for. "Yadh bhaavare, thath bhavathi" ---"as felt, so fashioned." He bows to your will, He carries your burden, provided you trust Him with it.

Therefore, so act and feel and speak that you get "iha soukhyam, para soukhyam and kaivalya soukhyam" ("joy here, joy hereafter, joy everlasting" all three). I bless you all that you get more success in the struggle.

- Prashanthi Nilayam, Birthday Festival, 23-11-1960