大象的尾巴(下)

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有一些藝術家本質上是非常單純(simple)，像 Ravi Shankar，還有他的導師。他是一個真誠且單純的人，而且他知道我是誰，從一開始他就叫我"母親"。

有一天他抱了一隻出生不久的小鹿來給我，我説："這是幹什麼！"

他說："這隻小鹿哀嚎不停，所以我將它帶來給你。"

"為什麼？為什麼是我？"

"請母親抱抱它、愛撫它，它就會感到母愛。"

你看，如此一位大藝術家，行為舉止就像一位小孩子！是令我非常驚訝，他是一位如此單純的人！你如果觀察小孩子在表示他們的關愛，他們是何等地真誠，何等地想幫助他人。

同樣這個地方，也有一個小男孩很喜歡我。有一天他打算送我一個南瓜，我看他拿了一個南瓜來，然後對我説："等一下。"，   人又不見了，一會兒又回來了，手上又抱著一個南瓜，如此來回，總共搬了九個南瓜來。我問他："爲什麼搬了九個南瓜來呢？"，"因為我不知道妳喜歡那一個？所以我將它們全部都帶來了。"，你看這是如何地感人！如何地觸動你的心！

所以我們應該要使自己變得更單純。我們應該用簡潔單純的方

式，而不是複雜的方式來交談。要用簡單的方式、甜蜜的方

式。這樣子我們才可以創造一個美麗的世界。

註一：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji的談話1990-12-14. JSM ! 敬請 Sahaja 兄弟姊妹們指正.

Even some artists were extremely simple by nature. Like Ravi Shankar, you know, and his guru, he has got Alla Raka and Ali Akbar; all these were his disciples. Such a great genius man, such a simple man, I tell you. And he knew Me very well. He used to call Me “Ma”; he used to call Me “Mother” from the very beginning. And one day he brought one little deer, a baby deer, brought it to Me. I said, “What’s the matter?” He said, “See, this deer was crying too much. So I brought it to You.” But I said, “For, why for Me?” “So, You see, he will feel the love of his Mother. So You just caress him.” Imagine, such a great artist coming like a little baby to Me, making that. I was so surprised at him. Look at him; such a simple man. He’s doing that. And you see, if you see the children when they love, how genuine they are, how they work it out.

The same place there was a child. He was very fond of Me. And one day he decided to bring some pumpkins for Me. So he brought one to Me. I saw him bringing in the thing. He said, “All right, just wait.” Then there was, he went back, and there was another one kept little further. He brought that. He had put nine of them in different places. One by one he was bringing them. He brought nine pumpkins to give Me. So sweet. But I said, “Why did you bring nine?” “Because I don’t know which one you like so I brought all of them.” So simple and so touching; I mean, just [touch/touches/tears/turns] your heart.

So we have to be simple people. We have to talk to each other in a simple way, not in a complicated way, in a very simple, sweet manner. That’s how we are going to create a beautiful world. (1990-12-14)