Question: What is the difference between yoga and meditation?

提問者：瑜伽和冥想的不同之處在哪里,？

Sadhguru: The English word “meditation” doesn’t mean anything because if you sit with closed eyes, you are “meditating”. But with eyes closed, you could do many things – japa, tapa, dharana, dhyana, samadhi, shoonya. Or you might have mastered the art of sleeping in vertical postures! If you mean meditation as dhyana, it is one aspect of yoga.

薩古魯：英文單詞“冥想（meditation）”并沒有任何含義，因為如果你坐下來閉上眼睛,，你就在“冥想”,。但閉著眼睛,，你可以做許多事 – 伽帕（japa），塔帕（tapa）,，專注（dharana）,，入定（dhyana），三摩地（smadhi）,，舒尼亞（shoonya）,。或者你也許只是掌握了用直立姿勢睡覺的藝術(shù),！如果你的冥想指的是入定,，它是瑜伽的其中一個方面。

Meditation is not something that you can do. But you can become meditative. Meditation is a certain quality,not a certain act.

冥想不是你能做的一件事,。但你可以變得具有冥想特質(zhì),。冥想是一種特質(zhì)，而不是一個行為,。

The main aspect of meditation is, right now your mind is the boss and you are the slave. As you become more meditative, you become the boss and your mind becomes the slave – and that is how it should always be. If you allow the mind to rule, it is a terrible master. It will put you through all kinds of endless suffering. But as a slave, the mind is wonderful – it is a miraculous slave.

冥想的主要層面是,，如今，你的頭腦是主人而你是奴隸,。隨著你變得更有冥想性,，你就成了主人而你的頭腦變成了奴隸 – 而你本該一直如此的。如果你允許頭腦去操縱,，它是一個糟糕的主人,。它會帶給你各種各樣無盡的折磨。但作為一個奴隸,，頭腦是極好的 – 它是一個奇跡般的奴隸,。

The reason why most people who have tried meditation have come to the conclusion that it’s very difficult or impossible is because they are trying to do it. Meditation is not something that you can do. But you can become meditative. Meditation is a certain quality, not a certain act. If you cultivate your body, mind, energies and emotions to a certain level of maturity, meditation naturally happens. It is just like if you keep the soil fertile, if you give it the necessary manure and water and if the right kind of seed is there, it will grow and bloom into flowers and fruits.

大部分人嘗試了冥想后總結(jié)到它很難或不可能，原因是他們在試圖把它當做一種行為去做,。冥想不是你能做的某件事,。但你能變得有冥想特質(zhì)。冥想是一種特質(zhì),，而不是一個行為,。如果你培養(yǎng)你的身體、頭腦,、能量和情感到了某種程度上的成熟,，冥想會自然而然地發(fā)生。如果你保持土壤肥沃,，如果你給它所需的肥料和水,，如果正確的種子就在那里，它就會成長并結(jié)出花朵和果實。

Flowers and fruits will come out of a plant not because you want it, but simply because you created a conducive atmosphere. Similarly, if you create the necessary atmosphere within yourself on all the four dimensions of who you are, meditation naturally flowers within you. It is a certain fragrance that one can enjoy within oneself.

植物會結(jié)出花朵和果實并不是因為你想要它發(fā)生,，而僅僅是因為你創(chuàng)造了有利的氛圍,。相同的，如果你在你之內(nèi)所有的四個存在層面上創(chuàng)造了所需的氛圍,，冥想會自然而然地在你之內(nèi)綻放,。它是一個人能在自己之內(nèi)享受到的一種芳香。

Question: Can I do yoga if I eat non-veg and drink?

提問者：如果我不吃素或喝酒,，我能做瑜伽嗎,？

Sadhguru: Yoga isn’t a restriction, it’s a deeper understanding of life. If you knew how to become absolutely ecstatic just by your own chemistry, you wouldn’t smoke or take a drink in your life. I’ve never touched a substance but if you look at my eyes, I’m always stoned. Yogis look at alcohol, drugs and these things as kindergarten stuff because we can get intoxicated a thousand times over just with our aliveness. Why simply wine? You can get drunk with the di-vine!

薩古魯：瑜伽不是一種限制，它是一個對生命更深的了解,。如果你知道如何只是因你內(nèi)在的化學成分而變成絕對的狂喜,，你不會在你的生命中抽煙或喝一杯酒。我從沒有碰過那些東西,，但是如果你看我的眼睛,，我總是飄飄欲仙。瑜伽士看待酒精,，毒品和那些東西像是幼稚園的玩意兒,，因為我們能變得幾千倍的沉醉，只是由于自己的活力,。為什么要酒（wine),？你能因神性（di-vine)而醉！

Question: How can yoga help in overall development?

提問者：瑜伽如何幫助全面成長,？

Sadhguru: Yoga is not about self-development; it is about self-dissolution. It is the method or the process which allows an individual piece of life to yoke itself to the cosmic. When your experience of life shifts from being a limited entity to universality, this is yoga. When there is a kind of oneness or wholeness within ourselves, this is yoga. Then you have a certain freedom to play with your life whichever way you want, but at the same time life cannot leave a scratch upon you.

薩古魯：瑜伽不是關(guān)于自我的成長,；它是關(guān)于自我的消融。它是一個方法或進程,，允許一個生命的個體小片與宇宙進行連接,。當你的生命體驗從有限的個體轉(zhuǎn)到了宇宙整體，這就是瑜伽,。然后你就有一定的自由去以你想要的方式玩轉(zhuǎn)生活,，但生命卻無法在你身上留下任何擦痕。

Question: The word “yoga” in Sanskrit means “union”. Is there some simple practice we can do to move towards the union?

提問者：“瑜伽”在梵文里意味著“融合”,。有沒有一些簡單的練習我們可以做來帶領(lǐng)我們走向融合,？

Sadhguru: The simplest form of yoga, to bring this union is Namaskar. The first level of conflict that happens within you is between your ida and pingala, the masculine and the feminine, the sun and moon within, the yin and yang, right and left brain. There is a friction between these two polarities which finds expression in a million ways in your life. By putting your hands together, you can bring harmony to the dualities within and there is a possibility that you can also unite the world.

薩古魯：能帶來這個融合的最簡單的瑜伽形式，就是合十禮,。在你之內(nèi)發(fā)生的第一層沖突是你的左脈和右脈,，陽性和陰性，體內(nèi)的太陽和月亮,，陰和陽,，右腦和左腦,。這兩極間發(fā)生的沖突在你的生命中以上百萬種的方式表達。隨著把你的手放在一起,，你能給體內(nèi)的二元帶來和諧，同時也存在著能融合世界的可能性,。

Question: Does yoga require the help of an instructor or can it be self-taught?

提問者：瑜伽是否需要一個指導者的幫助或者它能夠被自學,？

Sadhguru: Let us say you are seeking to go to a distant city. If you are alone and there are no proper directions, definitely you would wish for a map. It is not that you cannot do it yourself, but we do not know how long it will take. On an uncharted path, if you go without a map, you may take lifetimes to get there. If you go with a map, you will cross easily. If you go with a good bus driver, you will cross very easily; that is the difference. When you want to walk uncharted terrain, it is intelligent to choose a person who has already walked the terrain.

薩古魯：比方說你正在尋求去遠方城市的路。如果你自己一個人,，沒有準確的方向,，肯定你會希望擁有一張地圖。并不是說你不能一個人走,，但我們不知道那需要多長時間,。一個未知的旅程，如果你不帶地圖地出發(fā),，你也許會花幾輩子的時間到達那里,。如果你帶著地圖，你就能容易到達那里,。如果你隨著一個好的公車司機走,，你會非常容易到達那里；分別就在于此,。當你想要踏上未知的地帶,，聰明的做法是選擇一個已經(jīng)走過這個地帶的人。

Question: Is there a career option of being a Guru?

提問者：做一個古魯是否一種職業(yè)選擇,？

Sadhguru: Someone asked me, “Sadhguru, it’s been wonderful having you as our Guru. How do you feel having us as disciples?” I said, “Being a yogi is fantastic. Being a Guru is frustrating.” What is so simple, I have to speak the same thing in million different ways for a lifetime and people still don’t seem to get it.

薩古魯：有一個人問我,，“薩古魯，擁有你作為我們的古魯是一件很美的事,。擁有我們作為弟子你又感覺如何呢,？”我說，“做一個瑜伽士是很美妙的,。做一個古魯是很懊惱的,。”那么簡單的事,，我得花一輩子的時間用上百萬種不同的方式談論一個同樣的事情,，然后人們似乎還是不明白。

And it’s not a career because you cannot guide people through certain dimensions of life if it is only a means to your living. Only if it is more than your life it is possible.

它不是一個職業(yè),，因為如果它只是你的生計手段,，你不可能帶領(lǐng)人們進入生命的一些維度。只有當它比你的生命還重要時那才有可能,。

Question: What can spirituality give to youngsters?

提問者：靈性能給年輕人帶來什么,？

Sadhguru: Youth means lots of energy. But unbridled energy without stability and direction is always dangerous and destructive. Only those who are stable can use whatever quality and talent they have to the fullest extent. So the most important thing for youth is, they need to become meditative. If they are a little more stable, this energy which you call as youth, could be put to better use for their own and for everyone’s wellbeing.

薩古魯：年輕意味著許多能量,。但不受約束的能量沒有穩(wěn)定性和方向，它總是危險和具有毀滅性的,。只有那些穩(wěn)定的人能夠?qū)⑺麄兊奶刭|(zhì)和才華發(fā)揮到最大的程度,。因此對年輕人來說最重要的是，他們需要變得有冥想性,。如果他們穩(wěn)定一點,，這個被稱作“年輕”的能量，能更好地用于創(chuàng)造他們自己以及每個人的幸福,。

Before youth manages the country, the world and business, it is extremely important that they learn to manage themselves. The whole process of yoga is the science of inner management. You create an inner possibility where being blissful, joyful and peaceful is of your own nature, and not because of something that happens around you.

在年輕人管理國家,、世界和經(jīng)濟前，十分重要的是他們學習如何管理它們自己,。瑜伽的整個進程就是內(nèi)在管理的科學,。你創(chuàng)造了一個內(nèi)在可能性，即狂喜,、喜悅和平靜變成你的本質(zhì),，而不是受制于外在發(fā)生的事情。

Question: What is the first step to increase awareness?

提問者：提升覺知力的第一步是什么,？

Sadhguru: Every hour, remind yourself, “Wow! I’m still alive”. You may think this is silly, but over a hundred thousand people will not wake up tomorrow morning. So, if you are still alive tomorrow morning, smile because the fact that you woke up is not a small thing. Then check whether the few people who matter to you are alive – great! At least a million people lost someone dear to them, but if none of those dear to you are gone today, fantastic!

薩古魯：每個小時,，提醒你自己，“哇,！我還活著,。”你也許覺得這個很蠢,，但有上百萬的人明天早上不會醒來,。因此，如果你明天早上還活著,，請微笑,，因為你醒來并不是一件小事。然后查查看你珍視的那幾個人是否還活著–好極了,！至少有百萬的人失去某個珍愛的人,，但沒有一個你珍愛的人在今天離開，太棒了,！

Only when you are conscious about your mortality, you will want to truly know the nature of this life. You will have no time to do nonsense that doesn’t mean anything to you. You will only do what really matters to your life. Becoming aware will naturally happen because the significance of being alive will blossom.

只有當你意識到自己必死的命運,，你才會真正想要知道這個生命的本質(zhì)。你不會有時間去做那些對你而言沒有任何意義的事,。你只會做那些對你來說真正重要的事,。這樣你自然就會變得有覺知，因為活著的意義將會綻放,。