邀請進行一日守靜

親愛的家人朋友們

在此除夕前夕，敬祝大家新年平安如意。

韋達大師即將於今年三月進入五~七年的守靜，在此之即，他也邀請大家和他一起進行守靜，與他共享靜默的能量。

敬邀大家一同進行此一日守靜。

 

 

 

靜默之日

 

前陣子我寫了篇文章，簡短地描述了NYEPI，這是印尼峇里島年度的靜默日。

 

我沒有提及、當時也忘記了，其實在印度的傳承裡，也有個年度的靜默日，稱為Mauni Amavasya。Mauni代表的是『靜默的』，amavasya則代表『沒有月亮的日子』。

 

這個靜默日就在印度教曆法中的Maagha月，沒有月亮的那一天，這天太陽和月亮會同時進入魔羯宮(makara rashi)。

 

傳承裡的這一天，人類原型摩奴Manu在地球上首次出現；他與擁有百種美麗形貌的Shata-roopa結合，創造了人類。

 

今年，靜默日落在西洋曆法裡的2月10日。

 

靜默日也在盛大的kumbh mela「大壺節」期間，預計有3仟萬人將一同在安拉阿巴德Allahabad 的三條聖河交匯之處Sangam，進行這日的神聖洗禮。

 

無論你接受這個故事或摩奴與否，我們都需要在每年訂定一個靜默日。

 

相對地，如果你傾向忠於西方傳統，你可以探究是否有一日屬於Harpokrates，希臘神話裡的靜默之神。祂的雕像在遙遠的Gandhara國被發現(今日的阿富汗)。Harpokrates 起源於埃及之神Harpa-khruti，孩提時的荷魯斯，代表了每日新生的太陽、光之源頭。

 

當然，也有眾多的基督教聖者在教授靜默，也有許多不同教規的修道院在奉行靜默。

 

隨著我進入為期五年的靜默誓約，我希望我的朋友們也能夠撥出至少一天的時間，和我一起分享靜默，就像是你在每月的滿月日，和大家分享一小時的靜坐，也已經超過了十年之久了。

 

因此，請註記:

2013年的mauni amavasya靜默日為2月10日。

2014年的靜默日將在1月30日。

 

如果你從現在開始計畫，你可以預先安排你的塵間事務，讓這些事情不致妨礙到你的一日靜默之約。

 

在靜默日，不要開車（除非是緊急事件），不要看電視，不要對話，僅是自我觀察，沉思，持咒和學習：1. 在靜默中給予愛 2. 學習愛上靜默。

 

我請求我們的swami們，啟引師們，靈性指導者，老師們，中心主持人等，將這個觀念散佈給大眾，並且用這一年內陪同眾人準備，著手開始這一日的靜默之約。

 

斯瓦密 韋達 帕若堤

 

（譯文提供：鄭凱方小姐）

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SILENCE DAY

Some time back I wrote a blog/article in which I briefly described the NYEPI day, the annual silence day of Bali island in Indonesia.

 

I did not mention, did not remember, that there is also an annual silence day in the traditions of India . It is called Mauni Amavasya. Mauni means ‘of or for silence’, and amavasya means ‘no-moon day.’

 

It occurs on the no-moon day of the Maagha month in the Hindu calendar when sun and moon are both supposed to enter the sign of Capricorn (makara rashi).

 

It is held in the tradition as the day when Manu, the Archetypal Man first appeared on earth; he wedded Shata-roopa (She of a Hundred Beautiful Forms) and generated humankind.

 

This year it falls on 10th February by the western calendar.

It is also part of the grand kumbh mela and thirty million people are expected to take the holy immersion on that day at the sangam (meeting place of three holy rivers) in Allahabad ).

 

Whether you accept the story or Manu or not, we do need to institute a day of silence every year.

 

On the other hand, if you prefer to be true to some western tradition you may research if there was a day sacred to Harpokrates, the Greek god of silence whose statues have been found as far away as the Gandhara country (present day Afghanistan ). Harpokrates was derived from the Egyptian god Harpa-khruti, the child Horus, representing the daily new born sun, the source of light.

 

Of course, there is an amplitude of Christian saints who have taught silence and there are numerous monasteries of various orders dedicated to silence.

 

As I enter the five-year vow silence, I would like many of my friends to set aside at least one day to share the silence with me just as you have shared the full moon day for an hour each month for more than a decade now.

 

So, please note:

2013 the day of mauni amavasya is now on 10th February.

2014 the day will be on 30th January.

 

If you plan from now, you can arrange your worldly affairs in such a way that they do not interfere with your one-day vow of silence.

 

On that day, no driving (except for emergencies), no TV, no conversation, just self-observation, contemplation, japa and learning (1) to give love in silence while (2) learning to love silence.

 

May I ask all our swamis, initiators, spiritual advisers, teachers, centre leaders to kindly popularize this concept and take this year to prepare the people to undertake this one-day vow of silence.

 

Swami Veda Bharati