十 阿拉辛迦
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芝加哥，
1894年5月28日。
亲爱的阿拉辛加：
我之所以未能早日回复你的信，是因为我往返奔波于纽约与波士顿之间，同时也在等候纳拉辛哈的来信。我不知何时能返回印度。最好将一切交托于那位在背后指引我的主。努力在没有我的情况下开展工作，就好像我从未存在一般。不要等待任何人，也不要等待任何事。尽你所能地去做。不要将希望寄托于任何人。在谈及我自己之前，我先向你说说纳拉辛哈之事。他已彻底失败……然而他在最后关头向我求援，我将尽我所能地帮助他。与此同时，请你告知他的家人，尽快汇款以使他能返回……他正处于困境之中。当然，我会设法让他不至于挨饿。
我在此地已做了大量演讲……此地的花销极为惊人，金钱飞速流逝，尽管我几乎在各处都得到了最优秀、最尊贵的家庭的热情款待。
我不知道这个夏天是否会离开，很可能不会。在此期间，请尽力组织并推进我们的计划。相信你能成就一切。知晓主与我们同在，因此，勇往直前，勇敢的灵魂们！
我在自己的国家已得到了足够的赞誉。无论是否得到赞誉，都不可沉睡，不可懈怠。你们必须记住，我们的计划至今尚未有丝毫付诸实现。
着力于有教养的青年，将他们聚集在一起，加以组织。伟大的事业只能通过伟大的牺牲来成就。没有私心，没有名，没有利，无论是你们的还是我的，乃至我导师（Guru）的亦然！工作，推行这一理念，推进这一计划，我的孩子们，我勇敢、高尚、善良的灵魂们——投身于工作，将你们的肩膀抵上那轮车轮！不要停下来回顾名誉、荣耀或任何此类虚妄之事。抛开自我，勇于工作。请记住："草茎若编成绳索，亦能缚住一头狂象。"主的祝福降临于你们众人！愿祂的力量与你们同在——我相信它已然如此。"奋醒吧，不达目标誓不停歇"，吠陀（Vedas）如是说。起来，起来，漫漫长夜即将过去，黎明正在到来，浪潮已然涌起，任何力量都无法抵挡它的澎湃之势。精神，我的孩子们，精神；爱，我的孩子们，爱；信心，信仰；无所畏惧！最大的罪孽便是恐惧。
我向众人致以祝福。告诉马德拉斯所有支持我们事业的高尚灵魂们，我送上我永恒的爱与感激，但我恳请他们不要懈怠。广泛传播这一理念。不要骄傲；不要固执于任何教条；不要反对任何事物——我们的工作是将各种化学物质混合在一起，主知晓结晶将如何并于何时形成。最重要的是，不要因我的成功或你们的成功而自我膨胀。伟大的工作尚待完成；与将要到来的一切相比，这点微小的成功又算得了什么？相信，相信，那道法令已然颁布，主的旨意已然发出——印度必将振兴，民众与穷人将得到幸福。为自己是祂手中所选的工具而欢欣。灵性的洪流已然涌起。我看见它正无可阻挡、无边无际、席卷一切地滚滚而来。每一个人奔赴前线，每一份善意都将汇入其力量，每一双手都将为它铺平道路，荣耀归于主！……
我不需要任何帮助。尽力募集一笔资金，购置一些幻灯机、地图、地球仪等物品，以及一些化学药品。每天傍晚召集一批穷苦大众，乃至贱民（Pariahs），先向他们讲授宗教，然后借助幻灯机等器具，用当地方言向他们传授天文学、地理学等知识。培训一批充满热忱的青年。将你的激情注入他们，并逐步扩大组织，让其影响圈不断扩展延伸。尽力而为，不要等到河水流尽再过河。出版杂志、报纸等固然是好事，但实际的工作，我的孩子们，哪怕是微不足道的工作，也胜过无休止的撰文与空谈。在巴塔查里亚处召集一次会议。筹集一点资金，购置我刚才所述的那些物品，租一间简陋的房屋，然后投入工作。杂志是次要的，而这才是首要的。你们必须在民众中站稳脚跟。不要畏惧小小的开端，伟大的事业随后而至。要有勇气。不要试图领导你们的同胞，而要服务他们。那种野蛮的领导狂热已使许多伟大的船只沉入生命的水域。尤其要小心这一点，即舍己直至死亡，勇于工作。我无法将所有想说的话都写下来，但主将赋予你们一切理解力，我勇敢的孩子们。振作起来，我的孩子们！荣耀归于主！……
你们的，充满情谊的，
辨喜（Vivekananda）。
English
X
Chicago,
28th May, 1894.
Dear Alasinga,
I could not reply to your note earlier, because I was whirling to and fro from New York to Boston, and also I awaited Narasimha's letter. I do not know when I am going back to India. It is better to leave everything in the hands of Him who is at my back directing me. Try to work without me, as if I never existed. Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none. Before writing about myself, I will tell you about Narasimha. He has proved a complete failure. . . . However he wrote to me for help in the last stage, and I will try to help him as much as is in my power. Meanwhile you tell his people to send money as soon as they can for him to go over. . . . He is in distress. Of course I will see that he does not starve.
I have done a good deal of lecturing here.... The expenses here are terrible; money has to fly, although I have been almost always taken care of everywhere by the nicest and the highest families.
I do not know whether I shall go away this summer or not. Most probably not. In the meantime try to organise and push on our plans. Believe you can do everything. Know that the Lord is with us, and so, onward, brave souls!
I have had enough appreciation in my own country. Appreciation or no appreciation, sleep not, slacken not. You must remember that not a bit even of our plans has been as yet carried out.
Act on the educated young men, bring them together, and organise them. Great things can be done by great sacrifices only. No selfishness, no name, no fame, yours or mine, nor my Master's even! Work, work the idea, the plan, my boys, my brave, noble, good souls — to the wheel, to the wheel put your shoulders! Stop not to look back for name, or fame, or any such nonsense. Throw self overboard and work. Remember, "The grass when made into a rope by being joined together can even chain a mad elephant." The Lord's blessings on you all! His power be in you all— as I believe it is already. "Wake up, stop not until the goal is reached", say the Vedas. Up, up, the long night is passing, the day is approaching, the wave has risen, nothing will be able to resist its tidal fury. The spirit, my boys, the spirit; the love, my children, the love; the faith, the belief; and fear not! The greatest sin is fear.
My blessings on all. Tell all the noble souls in Madras who have helped our cause that I send them my eternal love and gratitude, but I beg of them not to slacken. Throw the idea broadcast. Do not be proud; do not insist upon anything dogmatic; do not go against anything — ours is to put chemicals together, the Lord knows how and when the crystal will form. Above all, be not inflated with my success or yours. Great works are to be done; what is this small success in comparison with what is to come? Believe, believe, the decree has gone forth, the fiat of the Lord has gone forth — India must rise, the masses and the poor are to be made happy. Rejoice that you are the chosen instruments in His hands. The flood of spirituality has risen. I see it is rolling over the land resistless, boundless, all-absorbing. Every man to the fore, every good will be added to its forces, every hand will smooth its way, and glory be unto the Lord! . . .
I do not require any help. Try to get up a fund, buy some magic-lanterns, maps, globes, etc., and some chemicals. Get every evening a crowd of the poor and low, even the Pariahs, and lecture to them about religion first, and then teach them through the magic-lantern and other things, astronomy, geography, etc., in the dialect of the people. Train up a band of fiery young men. Put your fire in them and gradually increase the organization, letting it widen and widen its circle. Do the best you can, do not wait to cross the river when the water has all run down. Printing magazines, papers, etc., are good, no doubt, but actual work, my boys even if infinitesimal, is better than eternal scribbling and talking. Call a meeting at Bhattacharya's. Get a little money and buy those things I have just now stated, hire a hut, and go to work. Magazines are secondary, but this is primary. You must have a hold on the masses. Do not be afraid of a small beginning, great things come afterwards. Be courageous. Do not try to lead your brethren, but serve them. The brutal mania for leading has sunk many a great ship in the waters of life. Take care especially of that, i.e. be unselfish even unto death, and work. I could not write all I was going to say, but the Lord will give you all understanding, my brave boys. At it, my boys! Glory unto the Lord! . . .
Yours affectionately,
Vivekananda.
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