箴言 10
造化力透過三種屬性運作
釋文
悅性(Sattva)、變性(Rajas)、惰性(Tamas)是心靈的三種屬性(Gunas)。悅性是純淨、輕靈或知性的；變性是激情或躍動的；惰性是因循或無知的。通過省察變性和惰性可以增加悅性屬性；悅性增加了，心靈便穩定如無風處的燈焰。悅性之人能夠做到真正的集中和冥想，故可以較順利地進入三摩地(Samadhi)。變性之人熱愛權力和感受得到的東西，惰性之人常因無知而做出不道德的行為。悅性不能單獨存在，它混合有變性和惰性。當悅性佔優勢，變性和惰性屬性便受到控制而隱伏。
有悅性增長之處，即有光明、輕靈、喜悅、純淨、力量、和平和啟發。你的主要課題就是提升悅性，控制慾望和心意。其他功課只是次要的(Gauna)，唯有明智之人能夠懂得這一點。
心思在變性干擾力量的作用下常惶亂(Kshipta)和不安，致令心靈多方地追逐聲色。當內心為惰性所填滿時，即逐漸變得愚癡(Mudha)；昏睡即是因為惰性過多所致。
※本篇譯文來自Sri Swami Sivanada 的書籍《十奧義書(Ten Upanishadas)》，引用分享敬煩註明出處。
MANTRA 10
Prakriti operates through three Gunas.
NOTES AND COMMENTARY
Sattva, Rajas and Tamas are the three Gunas or qualities of the mind. Sattva is purity or light or knowledge. Rajas is passion or activity. Tamas is inertia or darkness. By checking Rajas and Tamas you can increase the Sattva. When the Sattva is increased the mind becomes steady like the flame of a lamp in a windless place. He who is Sattvic can do real concentration and meditation and can enter into Samadhi easily. A Rajasic man loves power and objects of sense. A Tamasic man does vicious actions on account of ignorance. Sattva cannot stand by itself. It is
Mixed with disturbing Rajas and Tamas. When there is preponderance of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas get controlled. They lurk themselves.
Where there is increase of Sattva, there are brightness, lightness, joy, purity, strength, peace and illumination. Your important duty is to increase Sattva and control the senses and the mind. Other duties are secondary(Gauna) only. A sensible man only can understand this point.
The mind is Wandering (Kshipta) and unsteady through the disturbing energy of Rajas(passion) which makes the mind run towards various sensual objects. The mind becomes forgetful(Mudha) when it is filled with Tamas(inertia). Deep sleep supervenes on account of excess of Tamas.
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