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| 409 我们常会质问，“我们应该享受人生的物质快乐，或牺牲它们以得到精神上的福乐？” |
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July 12, 2012: Often we wonder, “Should we enjoy the trivial pleasures of life or give them up for spiritual bliss? “ Bhagawan gives us a prized answer, to lead us on to the treasure of joy.
Some materialists (Charvakas) argue that a bird in hand is worth two in the bush. They say that the pleasure you have now should not be given up in the hope of something promised, if and when the pleasure you have is given up. But the happiness of renunciation can be enjoyed here and now, and is much more sustaining and inspiring than the happiness derived from grabbing and attachment. In addition, in being the master of your senses rather than being its slave, there is a certain joy. Now, you are slaves of the coffee habit. Resolve not to cater to that attachment and stick to that resolution for three days continuously. You become the master and the tongue is your slave. Coffee cannot hold sway over you any longer. If coffee is capable of conferring joy, all should get it equally from that beverage. But, some prefer tea and many find it distasteful. Some delight in taking it without sugar and others without milk. So, it is the mind that gives delight, not the coffee; it is not the object that caters to the senses.
The secret is, discover the fountain of joy within; that is a never-failing, ever-full, ever-cool fountain, for it rises from God.
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| - Divine Discourse, Jul 13 1965. |
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物质主义者辩称：双鸟在林，不如一鸟在手，他们说，不该牺牲当前的快乐，寄望将来可以因为这种牺牲，而得到据说可以得到的东西。可是，“舍、放下”的快乐，是当下就享受得到的，而且，比起从抓住、执着迷恋得来的快乐，要持久得多、鼓舞性大得多。此外，做感官的主人，而不当它们的奴隶，本身就有一种喜悦。你们哪，都是咖啡瘾的奴隶。下定决心，不去迎合这个执着，三天，你就变成主人，舌头成了你的奴隶，咖啡再也摆布不了你。如果咖啡能带给人快乐，那每个人都应该从那种饮料得到同样的快乐，然而，有的人却比较喜欢茶，很多人则不喜欢咖啡的味道，有的人喜欢不加糖，有的不加牛奶。可见，给予愉悦的是心，不是咖啡。投感官所好的，不是物本身。
秘诀在于，去发现你内在的喜悦之泉，它永不失效、永远圆满、始终清凉，因为它出自上帝。
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Peace and Joy must be attained through your own efforts - let every thought, word and deed of yours spring from love within.
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