Celebrating Silence
Книга "Celebrating Silence", автором которой является SRI PUBLICATIONS, представляет собой захватывающую работу в жанре Духовная литература. В этом произведении автор рассказывает увлекательную историю, которая не оставит равнодушными читателей.
Автор мастерски воссоздает атмосферу напряженности и интриги, погружая читателя в мир загадок и тайн, который скрывается за хрупкой поверхностью обыденности. С прекрасным чувством языка и виртуозностью сюжетного развития, SRI PUBLICATIONS позволяет читателю погрузиться в сложные эмоциональные переживания героев и проникнуться их судьбами. PUBLICATIONS настолько живо и точно передает неповторимые нюансы человеческой психологии, что каждая страница книги становится путешествием в глубины человеческой души.
"Celebrating Silence" - это не только захватывающая история, но и искусство, проникнутое глубокими мыслями и философскими размышлениями. Это произведение призвано вызвать у читателя эмоциональные отклики, задуматься о важных жизненных вопросах и открыть новые горизонты восприятия мира.
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Celebrating Silence
His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Sri Sri Publications Trust, India
Original title: Celebrating Silence
Excerpts from the talks by His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
eISBN 978 9 351 06633 0
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Introduction
In June of 1995, His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar began a weekly tradition of creating a short talk, often on a subject that was relevant to current events. Each week this knowledge flowed by electronic mail, by fax and by post all around the world, to every continent, and each year these talks were compiled into volumes. This is a collection of excerpts from these talks from the first five years.
Whether reading a talk from years past or hearing a current one for the first time, the knowledge is always fresh and meaningful. Those who are lucky enough to be with Sri Sri when the knowledge is created, discover truths that fill both the heart and the intellect. In his words, âBeing with the Guru means spontaneous integration of life and wisdom.â
People often feel that the knowledge applies to an immediate need, and there are many instances where someone seeking wisdom or advice picks up a volume and opens it randomly to find exactly what they require at that moment. The paradigm of time, space and separateness breaks down.
The journey for this collection over five years began in New Delhi and ended in Rishikesh, India. The voyage in between included many passages around the world, during which many hearts and minds were blessed with the wisdom of this humble man.
This collection is thematic in preference to being chronological. The first chapter helps us understand the issues of anger, doubt and fear - those things we want to change, as well as love and dispassion - those things we want to culture. The second chapter, building on the first, educates us on what it means to be on a spiritual path, discussing service, spiritual practices and surrender. The third chapter is most sublime, leading us through an understanding of God, and back to our inner Self - that which we really seek, often without knowing.
The sun rises and celebrates The sky embraces and celebrates Winds blow and celebrate Rivers flow and celebrate Birds sing and celebrate Peacocks dance and celebrate Trees flower and celebrate Buds blossom and celebrate We smile and serve Meditate and celebrate.
Prayer within breath Is silence Love within infinity Is silence Wisdom without words Is silence Compassion without aim Is silence Action without a doer Is silence Smiling with all existence Is silence.
CHAPTER ONE
THE YOU THAT YOU WANT TO CHANGE
Being in a crowd when you are alone is ignorance. A feeling of oneness in a crowd is a sign of wisdom. Being alone in a crowd is enlightenment.
Knowledge of life brings confidence, and knowledge of death makes you fearless and centered.
Some know to celebrate when they are in a crowd. Some can only rejoice alone in silence. I tell you to do both. Celebrate while you are alone and celebrate when you are with people.
Celebrate silence and celebrate noise.
Celebrate life and celebrate death.
New Delhi, India
March 13, 1997
SENSES - HABITS
The senses are like fire. Your life is like fire. Whatever you put into the fire of the senses burns. If you burn a tire, it creates pollution and a foul smell. But if you burn sandalwood, it creates fragrance. Some fires pollute and others purify.
Celebration happens around the bonfire. Grief happens around the cremation fire. The same fire that supports life in winter also destroys.
You are like fire. Are you the fire that produces smoke and pollution, or the flame of camphor that creates light and fragrance? A saint is a camphor flame that creates light and the fragrance of love. He is the friend of life.
The highest quality fire creates light and warmth. A medium quality fire creates light but also a little smoke. The lowest quality fire produces only smoke and darkness. Learn to distinguish the different fires. If your senses are engaged in goodness, you will create light and fragrance. If engaged in impurity, you produce smoke and darkness. It is samyama that transforms the quality of fire in you.
Montreal Ashram, Quebec, Canada
July 24, 1995
How can you rid yourself of vasanas - impressions? This is a question for all who want to break bad habits.
You want to get rid of bad habits because they give you pain and restrict you. Habits clog you when there is no liveliness or juice in life. The nature of vasana is to bother you, or bind you, and wanting to be free is the nature of life. Life wants to be free and when a soul does not know how to be free, it wanders through lifetimes desiring freedom.
