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2016/03

第十位神化身(14)

摘自：斯里沙迪亚赛峇峇（Kalki Avatar，即白马神化身或第十位神化身）的一个简明传记
编者：Col.S.K.Bose (Retd)

。。。承接第十三部

提供水给渴者

可怜的拉亚拉西玛（Rayalaseema）村民饱受缺水折腾，他们的困境触动了斯瓦米的心。祂自己体验过那种苦难，当时祂必须到远在卡玛拉普罗姆（Kamalapuram）的井去打水并提回来，虽然祂根本不需要任何第一手的体验。1994年11月9日，在百善地尼乐园的一个聚会上，斯瓦米对村民急需好的饮用水而表达祂的深切关注。出席在讲台上的是当时的总理斯里那罗西姆哈劳勿（Sri Narasimha Rao）本人。他也是安得拉邦（Andhra Pradesh）人。举办盛会是为了表彰文奴哥巴尔医生（Dr Venugopal）在高等专科医院的服务，自1991年11月22日医院开始运作以来，他就当心脏外科医生。

斯瓦米观察到，当拉亚拉西玛的老百姓因缺乏饮用水而备受折磨的同时，河水却流入大海而浪费了。祂要将河水善加利用而引到拉亚拉西玛以提供饮用水。不论是安得拉邦，泰米尔纳德邦或马哈拉施特拉邦的人民，斯瓦米要的是所有邦的老百姓都活得快乐。不论所需费用多少，哪怕是十个亿或二十个亿，祂都准备承担。

斯瓦米给一个机会予总理去解决问题，虽然他深表同情，但是却不见付诸行动。及至1995年3月，斯瓦米觉得老百姓已经等得够久了而决定自行采取行动。于是，祂下了一道简单的命令给中央信托。祂说， “老百姓受苦已够久了而你们一定要发起一个果敢，富有想象力的计划以减轻他们的痛苦。以阿南达普尔县为开始并为自己定下目标，提供安全饮用水给尽可能越多的老百姓，于尽可能越多的乡村，以及，尽可能在最短的时间内完成，不论费用多少。安全饮用水的最佳水源是流入运河的雨水，储藏于水坝的水，以及，存在于河床里的所谓底土的水。要把它们全部都取用。尽可能从灌溉水道抽取水，再加以净化与分送。尽可能从河床取水，然后净化与分送。你们或许会遇到困难，例如，把水泵到地势高于水源的乡村。不要担心，只要勇往直前。不必考虑成本和费用，这一切都交给我来处理。你们的任务就是以全速向前迈进，尽最大的努力去执行这工程并在最短的时间内完成。我要我的爱以一个温馨和安全饮用水的形式伸向成千上万的人，保证他们不受到水传播疾病的感染，并把福乐注向他们。”

水供工程如火如荼的展開。工程日以继夜的进行，至1995年11月，整个工程已大致竣工，并于1995年11月18日总理那罗西姆哈劳勿又到布达峇地来，这一回是为宏伟的阿南达普尔储存水槽主持落成典礼。五天后，在庆祝斯瓦米70岁诞辰那一天，当时的总统商羯罗达亚尔沙尔玛（Shankar Dayal Sharma）为整个阿南达普尔饮用水计划主持落成典礼。对阿南达普尔县老百姓而言，缺水问题的恐惧终于结束了。水供工程运作了一年有余，于1997年10月19日那一天，斯瓦米赠送整个工程给安得拉邦居民，藉以表达祂无限的爱。继这工程之后，很快地就启动美达克（Medak）与美布那卡（Mehbubnagar）两县的饮用水计划。

斯瓦米用了30亿卢比于阿南达普尔的水供工程，5.3亿卢比于美达克与美布那卡的水供工程，而目前中央信托正在扩充阿南达普尔计划至哥塔彻鲁布（Kothacheruvu），布卡巴特南（Bukkapatnam）和布达峇地（Puttaparthi）三个地方，耗资约8亿卢比。

赛古鲁弯礼堂

在这期间，另外一桩有意义的工程亦告竣工。于1995年7月9日斯瓦米为赛古鲁弯礼堂（Sai Kulwant Hall）主持落成典礼。所有庆祝活动逐渐从满月礼堂（Poornachandra Hall）转移到此地。其容量较大而因为侧壁敞开之故显得更通风。一切其他例常事务一如往常地持续进行。打从在旧神殿的日子时，斯瓦米就强调峇赞集会的重要性。集体赞唱峇赞的方式是由锡克教创始人，纳纳克导师（Guru Nanak）所发起的。峇赞（Bhajan）或集体齐唱（Sankirtan）共有四种，即：Guna Sankirtan（属性赞唱），Leela Sankirtan（戏法赞唱），Bhava Sankirtan（存在或体性赞唱）和Nama Sankirtan（名号赞唱）。斯瓦米要每一个人以虔诚之心赞唱主的名号从而净化环境并造福国家。

在接下来几年的讲道中，斯瓦米讲述很多重要的议题。祂说原子武器应该被放弃，而印度最威猛的武器就是“dharmastra”，正义的武器。祂说，如果我们坚持正义（dharma）那么正义就会保护我们。我们必须排除仇恨与妒忌并且培育爱。在1995年11月19日妇女节那一天，斯瓦米说妇女有多说话的癖好而男士们则有我行我素的习惯。如果女性遵守言谈的控制而男性控制他们的行动，对两者而言，都有莫大的好处。在另外的一个讲道中，斯瓦米说，人有三大敌，即欲望，嗔怒和贪婪。欲望破坏虔诚。嗔怒破坏智慧。贪婪毒化每一个行动。培育起对神的爱即可克服这三大敌。

待续。。。

The Tenth Avatar

(A Concise Biography of Sri Sathya Sai Baba, The Kalki Avatar)
By: Col S.K Bose (Retd)

… Continue from Part 13

Water for the Thirsty

The pitiable plight of the water starved villagers of Rayalaseema touched Swami’s heart. He had personal experience of the problem, when he had to fetch water from a far away well at Kamalapuram, not that He needed any firsthand experience. On 9 November 1994, during a function in Prasanthi Nilayam, Swami expressed His deep concern about the villagers’ desperate need for good drinking water. Present on the dais was the then Prime Minister, Sri Narasimha Rao, himself from Andhra Pradesh. The occasion was to honour Dr. Venugopal for his services as Cardiac surgeon in the Super Speciality Hospital since its inception on 22 Nov 1991.

Swami observed that while people in Rayalaseema were suffering due to scarcity of drinking water, the water of the rivers was being wasted, flowing into the sea. He wanted this water to be harnessed and redirected to Rayalaseema to provide drinking water. Be it people of Andhra, Tamil Nadu, or Maharashtra, Swami wanted people of all states to be happy. Whatever may be the expenditure, be it a hundred or two hundred crores, he was ready to bear the cost.

Swami gave an opportunity to the Prime Minister to tackle the problem, but nothing came out of it, though he expressed sympathy. By March 1995 Swami felt that people had waited long enough and decided to take matters in His Divine hands. He then gave a simple directive to the Central Trust. He said, “People have suffered long enough and you must launch a bold and imaginative scheme to relieve their suffering. Start with Anantapur District and set yourself the goal of providing safe drinking water to as many people as possible, in as many villages as possible and in as short a time as possible, no matter what the cost. The best source of safe drinking water was rain water that flowed in canals, water that was stored in dams and water that existed as sub soil water in river beds. Tap them all. Draw water from irrigation canals where possible, purify and distribute. Draw water from river beds, purify and distribute. You may face difficulties like pumping water against gravity to reach villages that are located at higher levels than the source. Do not worry and go ahead. Forget about cost and expenditure, leave it to Swami. Your task is to go ahead at full speed, execute the project at the best possible manner and in the shortest possible time. I want my love to reach out to millions in the form of sweet and safe drinking water, guaranteeing them protection from waterborne diseases and filling them with ananda and bliss.”

The water project started in full earnest. Work continued round the clock and by November 1995 the project had been substantially completed and on 18 November 1995, Prime Minister Narasimha Rao came again to Puttaparthi, this time to inaugurate the huge Anantapur summer storage tank. Five days later, on the occasion of Swami’s 70th Birthday, the then President, Shankar Dayal Sharma, inaugurated the entire Anantapur drinking water scheme. For the people of Anantapur district, the spectre of water scarcity was finally over. After operating the water works for well over a year, on 19 October 1997, Swami gifted the entire project to the people of Andhra Pradesh as a token of His infinite love. This project was quickly followed by drinking water projects of Medak and Mehbubnagar districts.

Swami spent Rs.300 crores on the Anantapur water supply project, Rs.53 crores on Medak and Mehbubnagar water supply projects and currently the Central Trust is extending the Anantapur project to the 3 Mandals of Kothacheruvu, Bukkapatnam and Puttaparthi at a cost of Rs.80 crores.

Sai Kulwant Hall

In between, another significant project was completed. On 9 July 1995, Swami inaugurated the Sai Kulwant Hall. All celebrations gradually shifted here from the Poornachandra Hall. The capacity was bigger and there was better ventilation because of open sides. All other routine continued as before. Right from the days at the Old Mandir, Swami laid great stress on bhajan sessions. The method of singing bhajans in groups was initiated by Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. Bhajan or Sankirtan are of four types, Guna Sankirtan, Leela Sankirtan, Bhava Sankirtan and finally Nama Sankirtan. Swami wanted everyone to sing the name of the Lord with devotion and thereby serve to purify the atmosphere and promote the well-being of the nation.

In various discourses over the next few years Swami spoke on many important issues. He said that atomic weapons should be given up, that Bharat’s most powerful weapon was the “dharmastra”, the weapon of righteousness. If we adhered to dharma then dharma would protect us, He said. We had to banish hatred and jealousy and develop love. On Ladies Day, 19 November 1995, Swami said that women were given to excessive talking and men were in the habit of going wherever they pleased. If women observed restraint in speech and men controlled their movements, it would be good for both. In another discourse Swami said that the three great enemies of man were desire, anger and greed. Desire destroys devotion. Anger destroys wisdom. Greed poisons every action. They could be overcome by cultivating love for God.

To be continued ….