What Are You：A Bhogi or a Yogi？-你是誰：Bhogi還是Yogi？

最新 07-08

Yoga, now closely followed by mindfulness, has become totally mainstream, with more varieties of a theme appearing every day.

Many who attend a yoga class come away from it feeling more energized, yet relaxed and calmer than before, which is one of its great benefits. Originally, yoga has its roots in ancientIndia.

However, while in India it is seen as a part of a larger philosophy of being, in the U.S., in particular, it is more often seen as a form of exercise and fitness, albeit a peaceful form, taught in gyms and town halls throughout the country.

Combined with teachers now creating their own methods, this can lead to much misunderstanding of what this ancient art and science of yoga really is.

為眾人所周知.當今瑜伽與內觀、靜觀緊密相連。

現在已經完全成為了一個主流文化, 帶動了很多周邊相關文化、產品,每天都在產生新東西。許多上瑜伽課的人離開教室的時候都會感到充滿活力同時又放鬆，並且比之前更加平靜；當然這些也是練習瑜伽其中的一些好處。

瑜伽起源於古印度。但是在印度它被認為是生命哲學的其中一部分；但是，你能在美國全國範圍的健身房、市民集會所找到所謂的瑜伽課。再加上現在的瑜伽老師們總愛創造自己的方法(派系),這就導致,如今人們對瑜伽這個傳統藝術科學產生誤解。

「Just as it takes years to be a doctor, so it can also take many years to understand the depth of yoga.」

— Swami Brahmananda

「就像你想成為醫生要花費很多很多年一樣，理解瑜伽深層哲學需要很久時間。」

－ Swami Brahmananda

There is an important distinction between being a yogi, and what is known in India as a bhogi：

a yogi is one who discovers that the greatest joy and peace of mind is within themselves, they see the exquisiteness of inner silence and their actions are for the good of others,

whereas a bhogi is more concerned with their outer appearance, putting themselves first by enjoying and even over-indulging the mind and the senses.

Yogi和Bhogi有著很大區別：

Yogi是這樣一群人，他們發現最大的快樂和內心平靜是源於自己，他們能看到內心平靜的美，他們所作所為是為他人之幸；

而Bhogi更注重他們的外表，把自己放在首位，甚至過渡沉迷於思想和感官。

This difference is seen in many of the yoga accoutrements now available, such as expensive skin-tight and brightly colored leotards.

And we see it in the idea that a 「good」 yogi is thought of as someone who can do every posture well, rather than someone who is using their yoga experience to help others.

這個巨大的差距從哪裡能看出來呢？

現在市場上有各式各樣的瑜伽服飾，比如十分昂貴的貼身亮色繫緊身服裝。並且人們認為「好」yogi就是能做所有體式的人，而不是用個人的瑜伽經驗幫助他人的人。

There is nothing wrong with being a bhogi, to having desires and enjoying worldly pleasures.

It is natural to fluctuate between being both a bhogi and a yogi, between desires and the divine.

Bhogi沒有任何問題, 有慾望、享受世間快樂再正常不過。

一個人在Bhogi和Yogi的角色自己變來變去十分常見，這就是慾望和神聖之間的拉鋸戰。

But the desire realm is endless and ultimately unsatisfactory, like the hungry ghost in the Tibetan Wheel of Life who has a long but very thin throat and a huge belly.

No matter how hard the hungry ghost tries, it can never consume enough to satisfy its hunger.

So it is with the diehard bhogi. As Mick Jagger said: 「I can』t get no satisfaction.」

但是你要知道,慾望的王國是無窮無盡, 你永遠無法滿足自己, 就像生命之輪里的一個餓鬼, 它如此飢餓卻只有一個又細又長的喉嚨。

不論這隻餓鬼多努力嘗試，它永遠都無法滿足地填補它飢餓的胃。

所以這就是頑固派都Bhogi。就像米克·賈格爾說的："我無法得到滿足感。"

A yogi is someone who realizes that all the actions of a bhogi are ultimately fruitless, that cravings and indulgences are only temporarily satisfying.

Then the desire for something more real arises.

A yogi is one who embodies compassion and kindness, and who delights in the welfare of others, as the real meaning of all yoga is to wake up to the wisdom and love already within us.

Yogi就能意識到Bhogi的所有行為都是徒勞,這些渴望和縱慾都能得到暫時的滿足。

接踵而來的是真正內心深處深層的慾望。

Yogi呈現出憐憫和仁慈，他們為他人的幸福感到高興，就像瑜伽的深層概念是喚醒內在智慧和愛。

Swami Satchidananda used to say how just one taste of 「true yoga」 is more beautiful than anything in this world, and that taste is our essence, the beauty of who we are.

He told the story of the musk deer that lives inIndiaand has a beautiful smell in its belly but searches the forest looking for the smell.

Like that deer, bhogis look outside themselves for happiness, while yogis discovers it within themselves.

Swami Satchidananda曾說過，即使只是淺嘗「真正的瑜伽」已經是比世上任何事物都要美麗了，所品嘗到的是我們的本質和我們是誰之美。

他講過這樣一個故事：有一隻麝香鹿居住在印度，它從體內散發出香味，但是它自己不知道這香氣從何而來，便在一直森林裡尋找這香氣的來源。

Bhogi們就像是這隻麝香鹿，他們在外在尋尋覓覓，試圖尋找到快樂，卻不知這快樂就源於自己，而yogi就知道這個道理。