宗教的修习
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中文
我们读了许多书，但那并不能给我们带来知识。我们可以读遍世界上所有的圣经，但那不会给我们带来宗教。理论上的宗教很容易获得，任何人都可以。我们需要的是实践的宗教。
基督教关于实践宗教的观念是做善事——世俗的实用。
实用有什么好处呢？从功利主义的立场来评判，宗教是失败的。每一所医院都是在祈祷更多的人来住院。慈善是什么意思？慈善不是根本性的。它实际上是在助长世界的苦难，而非根除它。人们追逐名声和荣誉，用慈善和善行的华丽外衣来掩盖获取名利的努力。他在为自己工作，却打着为他人工作的幌子。每一种所谓的慈善，都是对它声称要对抗的恶的鼓励。
男男女女去参加舞会，为了某所医院或其他慈善机构通宵跳舞，然后回到家中，行为如禽兽，把魔鬼带到这个世界来填满监狱、疯人院和医院。如此循环往复，这就叫做善行——建医院之类的。善行的理想是减少或根除世界的苦难。瑜伽行者说，一切苦难都来自于无法控制心。瑜伽行者的理想是从自然中获得自由。征服自然是他衡量修行的标准。瑜伽行者说，一切力量都在灵魂之中，通过控制心和身体，人便以灵魂之力征服自然。
超出体力劳动所需的每一盎司多余肌肉，都意味着少了那么多的脑力。不要过度运动，那是有害的。不辛苦劳作的人将活得最长。少吃食物，少做劳作。储存脑力的养分。
家务劳动对于妇女已经足够。
不要让灯快速燃烧，让它慢慢地燃。
合宜的饮食意味着简单的饮食，不是浓烈调味的食物。
English
We read many books, but that does not bring us knowledge. We may read all the Bibles in the world, but that will not give us religion. Theoretical religion is easy enough to get, any one may get that. What we want is practical religion.
The Christian idea of a practical religion is in doing good works—worldly utility.
What good is utility? Judged from a utilitarian standpoint, religion is a failure. Every hospital is a prayer that more people may come there. What is meant by charity? Charity is not fundamental. It is really helping on the misery of the world, not eradicating it. One looks for name and fame and covers his efforts to obtain them with the enamel of charity and good works. He is working for himself under the pretext of working for others. Every so-called charity is an encouragement of the very evil it claims to operate against.
Men and women go to balls and dance all night in honor of some hospital or other charitable institution, then go home, behave like beasts, and bring devils into the world to fill jails, insane asylums, and hospitals. So it goes on, and it is called good works—building hospital, etc. The ideal of good works is to lessen, or eradicate, the misery of the world. The Yogi says, all misery comes from not being able to control the mind. The Yogi's ideal is freedom from nature. Conquest of nature is his standard of work. The Yogi says that all power is in the soul, and by the controlling of the mind and body one conquers nature by the power of the soul.
Every ounce of muscle in excess of what is beyond the needs of one's physical work is that much less of brain. Do not exercise too hard; it is injurious. The one who does not work hard will live the longest. Eat less food and work less. Store up brain food.
Household work is enough for women.
Do not make the lamp burn fast; let it burn slowly.
Proper diet means simple diet, not highly spiced.
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