六月二十四日，星期一
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中文
（由弟子S·E·瓦尔多小姐记录）
一八九五年六月二十四日，星期一。（今日诵读的是那罗陀所著《虔信/Bhakti经》。）
"对上帝的极度热爱即是虔信/Bhakti，这种爱才是真正的不朽。得此之人，圆满自足，不为任何失去而悲伤，亦无嫉妒之心；悟此之人，如痴如狂。"
我的师父常说："这个世界是一座巨大的疯人院，所有人都在发疯，有人为金钱癫狂，有人为女色癫狂，有人为名誉地位癫狂，只有少数人为上帝而癫狂。我宁愿为上帝而疯。上帝是点石成金的哲人之石，顷刻之间将我们化为黄金——外形依旧，但本质已然改变——人的形体犹在，却再也不会伤人犯罪。"
"想到上帝，有人哭泣，有人歌唱，有人大笑，有人起舞，有人说出奇妙之语，但所有人谈论的无非是上帝。"
先知们传道说法，而化身如耶稣、佛陀/Buddha、罗摩克里希纳/Ramakrishna，则能直接赐予宗教；一个眼神，一次触碰，便已足够。这就是圣灵的力量，即"按手传法"的力量；这股力量由师父切实地传递给了弟子们——形成"导师/Guru法脉"的传承。这种真正的洗礼，已经代代相传了无数岁月。
"虔信/Bhakti不可用来满足任何欲望，它本身就是一切欲望的止息。"那罗陀将以下列为爱的标志："当一切念头、一切言语、一切行为都献给了上帝，而片刻忘却上帝便令人极度痛苦，那时，爱便开始了。"
"这是爱的最高形式，因为其中没有渴望回报的念头，而这种渴望存在于一切世俗之爱中。"
"一个超越了社会习俗和经典规范的人，他便是游方僧/Sannyasin。当整个灵魂归向上帝，当我们唯独以上帝为皈依，那时我们便知道，我们即将得到这种爱。"
遵循经典的教导，直到你足够强大，不再需要它们；然后超越它们。书本不是终极目的。验证是宗教真理唯一的证明。每个人都必须亲自验证；凡是说"我已亲见，但你不能见"的导师不可信赖，唯有说"你也能见"的导师才值得追随。一切经典，一切真理，在所有时代、所有国度都是吠陀/Vedas；因为这些真理是可以被亲见的，任何人都可能发现它们。
"当爱的太阳开始在地平线上升起，我们便渴望将一切行为奉献给上帝；而哪怕片刻忘却祂，都会令我们深感悲痛。"
不要让任何事物横亘在上帝与你对祂的爱之间。爱祂，爱祂，爱祂；任由世人说去。爱有三种——第一种只索取，不付出；第二种是交换；第三种是不求回报的爱——如同飞蛾扑火般的爱。
"爱高于行动，高于瑜伽/Yoga，高于智慧/Jnana。"
行动不过是行动者的修炼，它对他人无法产生真正的利益。我们必须自己解决自己的问题；先知们只是向我们展示如何去做。"你想什么，你就成为什么"，所以如果你将重担交给耶稣，你就必须时刻想着祂，从而变得像祂——你就是在爱祂。
"极致之爱与最高之智慧/Jnana是一体的。"
然而，仅仅空谈上帝是不够的；我们必须去爱、去行动。放弃世界及一切世俗之物，尤其在"幼苗"尚嫩之时。日夜思念上帝，尽可能不想其他。日常必要的念头都可以通过上帝来思考。为祂而食，为祂而饮，为祂而眠，在万物中见祂。向他人谈论上帝，这是最有益的。
获得上帝的恩典以及祂最伟大的子女的恩典——这是通往上帝的两条主要途径。这些光明之子的同伴极难获得；与他们相处五分钟，便能改变一生；而如果你真心渴望，自会有人来到你身边。爱上帝之人的存在使一个地方变得神圣，"主的子女的荣光便是如此"。他们就是祂；当他们说话时，他们的言语就是经典。他们曾经到过的地方，充满了他们的灵性波动，前往那里的人能感受到这些波动，也倾向于变得神圣。
"对于这样的爱者，种姓、学识、美貌、出身、财富或职业都没有分别；因为万物皆是祂的。"
放弃一切恶的交往，尤其在修行之初。避免世俗的交际，那会分散你的心念。放弃一切"我"与"我的"。对宇宙中一无所有的人，上帝便会降临。斩断一切世俗情感的束缚；超越懈怠，不再挂念自己的命运如何。永远不要回头看你所做之事的结果。将一切交给上帝，继续前行，不再思量。整个灵魂如不断的洪流涌向上帝；没有时间去追逐金钱，或名声，或荣耀，没有时间思考上帝以外的任何事物；那时，无限而奇妙的极乐之爱便会降临我们心中。一切欲望不过是玻璃珠子。对上帝的爱每时每刻都在增长，永远是新鲜的，唯有亲身感受才能得知。爱是最容易的，它无需等待逻辑，它是自然的。我们无需论证，无需证明。推理不过是用我们自己的心智去限定某物。我们撒下一张网，捕获了某些东西，然后说我们已经证明了它；但我们永远、永远不能用网捕获上帝。
爱应当是无所依附的。即使当我们以错误的方式去爱，那也属于真爱、属于真正的极乐；力量是同一个，随我们如何运用。爱的本质就是安宁与极乐。杀人者亲吻自己婴孩的那一刹那，也会忘却一切，唯余爱意。放弃一切自我，一切我执，摆脱愤怒、欲望，将一切献给上帝。"我已不在，唯有祢在；旧我已然消逝，唯有祢留存。""我即是祢。"不要责怪任何人；如果邪恶来临，要知道那是上帝在与你嬉戏，应当无比欢喜。
爱超越时间和空间，它是绝对的。
English
(RECORDED BY MISS S. E. WALDO, A DISCIPLE)
MONDAY, June 24, 1895. (The reading today was from the Bhakti-Sutras by Nârada.)
"Extreme love to God is Bhakti, and this love is the real immortality, getting which a man becomes perfectly satisfied, sorrows for no loss, and is never jealous; knowing which man becomes mad."
My Master used to say, "This world is a huge lunatic asylum where all men are mad, some after money, some after women, some after name or fame, and a few after God. I prefer to be mad after God. God is the philosophers' stone that turns us to gold in an instant; the form remains, but the nature is changed — the human form remains, but no more can we hurt or sin."
"Thinking of God, some weep, some sing, some laugh, some dance, some say wonderful things, but all speak of nothing but God."
Prophets preach, but the Incarnations like Jesus, Buddha, Ramakrishna, can give religion; one glance, one touch is enough. That is the power of the Holy Ghost, the "laying on of hands"; the power was actually transmitted to the disciples by the Master — the "chain of Guru-power". That, the real baptism, has been handed down for untold ages.
"Bhakti cannot be used to fulfil any desires, itself being the check to all desires." Narada gives these as the signs of love: "When all thoughts, all words, and all deeds are given up unto the Lord, and the least forgetfulness of God makes one intensely miserable, then love has begun."
"This is the highest form of love because therein is no desire for reciprocity, which desire is in all human love."
"A man who has gone beyond social and scriptural usage, he is a Sannyâsin. When the whole soul goes to God, when we take refuge only in God, then we know that we are about to get this love."
Obey the scriptures until you are strong enough to do without them; then go beyond them. Books are not an end-all. Verification is the only proof of religious truth. Each must verify for himself; and no teacher who says, "I have seen, but you cannot", is to be trusted, only that one who says, "You can see too". All scriptures, all truths are Vedas in all times, in all countries; because these truths are to be seen, and any one may discover them.
"When the sun of Love begins to break on the horizon, we want to give up all our actions unto God; and when we forget Him for a moment, it grieves us greatly."
Let nothing stand between God and your love for Him. Love Him, love Him, love Him; and let the world say what it will. Love is of three sorts — one demands, but gives nothing; the second is exchange; and the third is love without thought of return — love like that of the moth for the light.
"Love is higher than work, than Yoga, than knowledge."
Work is merely a schooling for the doer; it can do no good to others. We must work out our own problem; the prophets only show us how to work. "What you think, you become", so if you throw your burden on Jesus, you will have to think of Him and thus become like Him — you love Him.
"Extreme love and highest knowledge are one."
But theorising about God will not do; we must love and work. Give up the world and all worldly things, especially while the "plant" is tender. Day and night think of God and think of nothing else as far as possible. The daily necessary thoughts can all be thought through God. Eat to Him, drink to Him, sleep to Him, see Him in all. Talk of God to others; this is most beneficial.
Get the mercy of God and of His greatest children: these are the two chief ways to God. The company of these children of light is very hard to get; five minutes in their company will change a whole life; and if you really want it enough, one will come to you. The presence of those who love God makes a place holy, "such is the glory of the children of the Lord". They are He; and when they speak, their words are scriptures. The place where they have been becomes filled with their vibrations, and those going there feel them and have a tendency to become holy also.
"To such lovers there is no distinction of caste, learning, beauty, birth, wealth, or occupation; because all are His."
Give up all evil company, especially at the beginning. Avoid worldly company, that will distract your mind. Give up all "me and mine". To him who has nothing in the universe the Lord comes. Cut the bondage of all worldly affections; go beyond laziness and all care as to what becomes of you. Never turn back to see the result of what you have done. Give all to the Lord and go on and think not of it. The whole soul pours in a continuous current to God; there is no time to seek money, or name, or fame, no time to think of anything but God; then will come into our hearts that infinite, wonderful bliss of Love. All desires are but beads of glass. Love of God increases every moment and is ever new, to be known only by feeling it. Love is the easiest of all, it waits for no logic, it is natural. We need no demonstration, no proof. Reasoning is limiting something by our own minds. We throw a net and catch something, and then say that we have demonstrated it; but never, never can we catch God in a net.
Love should be unrelated. Even when we love wrongly, it is of the true love, of the true bliss; the power is the same, use it as we may. Its very nature is peace and bliss. The murderer when he kisses his baby forgets for an instant all but love. Give up all self, all egotisms get out of anger, lust, give all to God. "I am not, but Thou art; the old man is all gone, only Thou remainest." "I am Thou." Blame none; if evil comes, know the Lord is playing with you and be exceeding glad.
Love is beyond time and space, it is absolute.
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