Thursday 7 May 2015

課後散步的隨想

飯後、課後、只要有空檔,校園內外散步是經常的活動。
這次初夏重來,盛放的草木花卉跟上回春季來時有些不同,相同的是都那樣毫不保留地美麗。而且還實實在在地提醒我們在這世界,無常才永恆的真相。
我總記得,今天看到的花是如此挺拔美麗在頂峰,第二天早上只見憔悴無力邁向枯萎。



那個星期的習作主題正是帕坦伽里的瑜伽經裡的八支行法(The ashtang yoga of Pantanjali's yoga sutra),剛巧那幾天正在落筆寫持戒Yama 和內修Niyama,我想起從前聽過Tiwariji講到內修之中的淨潔saucha,專指個人層面的清潔,然而那裡包括了純粹與自然,是一種觸動感覺的連繫。
看到美麗的花,經過Tiwariji的解說,恍然大悟,自然美方能觸動心靈。
那天我在日記趕緊記下:
(13april15 's reflection) Tiwariji talks about saucha, means cleanliness, one of the niyama of Patanjal's Yoga Sutra. It is actually referring to purity, only natural things are pure, and only pure things brings feelings to our mind, artificial thing is beautiful but you won't have any feelings connected to your mind because it is not natural, example, real flower brings you joy and plastic flowers is lifeless without connection to the mind.