Making of a Great Being

成為偉大的存在

Is it possible today to create another great being such as Agastya Muni? Sadhguru explains, even for the Saptarishis, there was no special birth or star alignment – rather they built themselves up through their aspiration, determination, and unyielding focus.

今天有可能創(chuàng)造另一個(gè)偉大的存在嗎，比如像 Agastya Muni（投山仙人）?薩古魯解釋說，即使對(duì)Saptarishis（七賢-7個(gè)著名的圣者）來說，也沒有特別的出生時(shí)間或星系排列—相反，他們是通過自己的抱負(fù)、決心和不屈不撓的專注來提升自己的。

Q: Sadhguru, can we create another Agastya Muni today?

問：薩古魯，我們今天能創(chuàng)造另外一個(gè)投山仙人嗎？

Sadhguru: One thing that we know about Agastya Muni is that the other six sages felt he was diminutive and ugly. So those of you who think you can be Agastya Muni – these are a few basic qualifications! Agastya was a Tamil man – short, stocky and dark. Those qualities are not a problem. The important aspect of the making of an Agastya or any of the Saptarishis is they spent their entire life that we know of in sadhana – preparation, preparation, preparation. It is said they did eighty-four years of sadhana. Eighty-four is significant in terms of the internal mechanics of the system and the cosmic process. They covered the entire range of what can be done with a human being. They touched all the eighty-four aspects, and they worked upon these and prepared themselves.

薩古魯：我們知道關(guān)于投山仙人的一件事那就是，其他六個(gè)圣人覺得他身材矮小、長(zhǎng)相丑陋。所以你們中那些認(rèn)為自己可以成為Agastya Muni （投山仙人）—這是一些基本的條件！投山仙人是一個(gè)泰米爾人—矮胖，膚色黝黑。這些特質(zhì)都不是問題。成為Agastya Muni （投山仙人）或Saptarishis（七賢圣人）中的任何一個(gè)圣人最重要的是，他們一生都在Sadhana（靈性練習(xí)）中度過，這就是準(zhǔn)備、準(zhǔn)備、準(zhǔn)備。據(jù)說他們做了84年的Sadhana（靈性練習(xí)）。八十四在內(nèi)在系統(tǒng)運(yùn)作和宇宙進(jìn)程方面是非常重要的。它們涵蓋了人類可以做的所有事情。他們觸及了所有的八十四個(gè)方面，他們努力工作并且把自己準(zhǔn)備好。

How long was the actual teaching where Adiyogi propounded everything to the Saptarishis? The numbers are probably more metaphorical than factual. Maybe it took twelve months or twelve years or one hundred and forty-four years. We do not know. But everything that can be explored was explored only with these seven people – Adiyogi refused to do that with Parvati. Though he gave her an experiential possibility, he did not give her the science of it because he did not see the same level of preparation. 

Adiyogi（阿迪瑜吉-第一個(gè)瑜伽士）對(duì)Saptarishis（七賢圣人）所有的實(shí)際教學(xué)是多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間?這些數(shù)字可能更多的是隱喻而非事實(shí)?？赡芑?2個(gè)月，12年，或者144年。我們不知道。但所有可以探索的東西都只有這七個(gè)人才能探索—阿迪瑜吉拒絕了Parvati（帕瓦蒂-濕婆的妻子）去探索。雖然他給了妻子體驗(yàn)的可能性，但他沒有傳授給她這種可能性的科學(xué)，因?yàn)樗麤]有看到妻子達(dá)到和七賢圣人同樣程度的準(zhǔn)備。

He saw these seven as absolutely fantastic receptacles, so he shared everything with them. Well, he divided the knowing into seven parts and sixteen ways each. Then he set up the final test of surrendering those sixteen ways to him – which we are still symbolically doing in the form of Guru Pooja. Their preparation and their focus towards the ultimate was so immense that they were willing to just throw down everything that they had earned over so many years. Only because of that they became who they became.

阿迪瑜吉認(rèn)為這7個(gè)人的根器非常棒，所以他和七賢們分享了所有的方法。他把知識(shí)分成了七個(gè)部分，每個(gè)部分有十六種方法。然后他設(shè)置了最后的測(cè)試，每個(gè)人將這十六種方法示現(xiàn)給他—我們?nèi)匀幌笳鞯匾訥uru Pooja（上師禮拜）的形式在做這件事。七賢圣人的準(zhǔn)備以及他們對(duì)終極的關(guān)注是如此巨大，以至于他們?cè)敢夥艞夁@么多年來所獲得的一切。正因?yàn)槿绱?，他們成為了七賢圣人。

Building Yourself Up

塑造自己

In other words, this entire legend is telling us that the Saptarishis did not drop from the sky. There was no special birth – nobody is talking about how the stars rose and thunderclap happened when they were born. Nothing. Just a normal birth. Nobody knows where they were born in the Indian subcontinent. Some women would have delivered them somewhere in some insignificant place. They did not drop from heaven; they built themselves up. That is what is significant about their life story and about yoga and sadhana: no matter who you are, how the hell you were born, who your parents were, what kind of karma you have – if you are willing, you can build yourself up.

換句話說，整個(gè)傳說告訴我們，七賢圣人并沒有從天上掉下來。沒有什么特別的出生—沒有人在談?wù)摮錾鷷r(shí)候星系是如何升起的，以及它們出生時(shí)是如何打雷的。什么都沒有。只是正常的出生。沒有人知道他們出生在印度次大陸的什么地方。有些女人可能會(huì)把他們生在某個(gè)不起眼的地方。他們不是從天上掉下來的，而是自己努力來的。這就是他們的生活故事，瑜伽和靈性練習(xí)的意義所在：無論你是誰(shuí)，你是如何出生的，你的父母是誰(shuí)，你有什么樣的業(yè)力—如果你愿意，你可以塑造自己。

Through all that, never wavering – just being on, on, on – that is Agastya Muni. One thing is his direction was set, and another thing is no matter what happened, he chose to remain in grace, never wavering from what he was doing.

經(jīng)歷了一切，卻從未動(dòng)搖—只是繼續(xù)，繼續(xù)，繼續(xù)—這就是投山仙人。他確定了一件事的方向，另一件事無論發(fā)生什么，他都選擇保持優(yōu)雅，從不動(dòng)搖自己的決定。

Even the biggest trees in the forest have built themselves up, isn't it? Now we look up at a huge tree with great wonder, but just a few years ago it was probably only a sapling. Those who do not understand this think it just happened from somewhere, because they are generally absent. They are so lost in their own psychological games that they do not pay attention to anything.

即使是森林中最大的樹也是慢慢生長(zhǎng)來的，不是嗎？現(xiàn)在我們仰望一棵巨大的樹，非常驚奇，但就在幾年前，它可能只是一棵小樹。那些不理解這一點(diǎn)的人認(rèn)為這只是在其他某處突然出現(xiàn)的，因?yàn)樗麄兺ǔ６己苊Ｈ弧Ｋ麄冊(cè)谧约旱男睦碛螒蛑忻月妨?，什么都不關(guān)注。

I want you to just imagine in the last sixty years how much this tree in the forest would have had to go through to survive the rampaging wildlife, the dry seasons – fighting for nourishment and getting what it wants to grow up and stand tall. Because food does not get served on a plate for him. He has to grab the sunlight from the other trees, he has to grab the nutrients from the soil. For him, it is a phenomenal sadhana, isn't it? But he built himself up, and today we have to look up to him with open-mouthed wonder.

我想讓你們想象一下，在過去的60年里，森林里的這棵樹要經(jīng)歷多少磨難才能在狂暴的野生動(dòng)物區(qū)域和干旱的季節(jié)里生存下來—為營(yíng)養(yǎng)而戰(zhàn)，獲得它想要的生長(zhǎng)和挺拔。因?yàn)槭澄锊粫?huì)裝在盤子里送給他吃。他必須從其他樹上搶奪陽(yáng)光，他必須從土壤中獲取營(yíng)養(yǎng)。對(duì)他來說，這是一種非凡的靈性修習(xí)，不是嗎?但他塑造了自己，今天我們不得不驚訝地仰望他。

Similarly, we have to look at Agastya and the other Saptarishis with open-mouthed wonder, because these human beings do not look human. They look too special, but they built themselves up. The aspiration, the determination, the unyielding focus without any support, how they worked and worked even as they were neglected – this preparation is the most important aspect about them. It did not matter to them if they had to come back and do eighty-four lifetimes of preparation; they were willing to do it.

同樣地，我們不得不驚奇地看著投山仙人和其他七賢里的圣人，因?yàn)檫@些人看起來不同于常人。他們看起來太特別了，但是他們塑造了自己。抱負(fù)、決心、沒有任何支持但堅(jiān)定不移的專注，以及他們甚至是在被忽視的情況下工作的—這種準(zhǔn)備是他們最重要的方面。就算讓他們回來準(zhǔn)備84輩子，對(duì)他們來說也會(huì)愿意做這件事。

In Grace and Unwavering

優(yōu)雅而堅(jiān)定

Let us say Agastya Muni was from a local village here and he just vanished. He went to Himalayas to be with Adiyogi. What do you think the villagers were talking about Agastya? Do you think they were praising his parents saying, “Oh, your son is becoming a great sage”? No. They were making fun of his parents, saying “Your idiot boy, where is he?” Even if he came back after whatever number of years, do you think they would have been thrilled to see him? Excited that he had gone to Himalayas, met Adiyogi and returned? No, they would have laughed at him as he came back in a loin cloth looking like a wild creature. 

我們假設(shè)Agastya Muni（投山仙人）來自這里的一個(gè)村莊，然后他就消失了。他去喜馬拉雅山和Adiyogi（阿迪瑜吉）在一起。你認(rèn)為村民們?cè)谡務(wù)撌裁?你認(rèn)為他們會(huì)稱贊他的父母說，“哦，你的兒子正在成為一個(gè)偉大的圣人”嗎?不。他們?nèi)⌒λ母改?，說:“你的傻兒子去哪了?”“即使過了幾年他回來了，你認(rèn)為他們見到他會(huì)很興奮嗎?”很高興他去了喜馬拉雅山，遇見了阿迪瑜吉，然后回來了？不，他們會(huì)嘲笑他，因?yàn)樗p著腰布回來了，看起來像個(gè)野獸。

Now, we may look at the man in terms of what he became with open-mouthed wonder, but in his time, there was no recognition or appreciation. Nobody clapped their hands for him. Everybody thought he was a nutcase who left his parents, the irresponsible boy who ran away. Through all that, never wavering – just being on, on, on – that is Agastya Muni. One thing is his direction was set, and another thing is no matter what happened, he chose to remain in grace, never wavering from what he was doing.So if you want to become an Agastya Muni… if you can emulate this, why not?

現(xiàn)在，我們可以用驚奇的眼光來看待這個(gè)人，但在他那個(gè)時(shí)代，沒有人認(rèn)可或欣賞他。沒有人為他鼓掌加油。每個(gè)人都認(rèn)為他是個(gè)瘋子，離開了父母，這個(gè)不負(fù)責(zé)任的孩子跑掉了。在這一切進(jìn)程中，永遠(yuǎn)不動(dòng)搖—僅僅是繼續(xù)，繼續(xù)，繼續(xù)—這就是投山仙人。他確定了一件事，另一件事不管發(fā)生了什么，他都選擇保持優(yōu)雅，從不動(dòng)搖自己的決定。所以如果你想成為一個(gè)投山仙人…如果你能效仿這個(gè)，為什么不呢？

Love&Grace

愛與恩典