婷婷的故事:培養對萬物的愛
3歲的婷婷問:"我幾歲可以吃魚?"
瑜珈素食媽媽說:"我們不吃魚。"
婷婷:"為什麼?"
媽媽:"你喜歡看魚在水裡遊,還是被你吃進你肚子去?"
婷婷:"在水裡遊。"
媽媽:"媽媽也是。我喜歡跟婷婷到湖邊看魚,看魚媽媽和小魚開心地游泳。"
小孩子天生就愛萬物。小貓小狗小魚、小花小草、小昆蟲甚至小椅子、小桌子,對他們來說,它們都是有生命的好朋友。
如果你說「我們要輕放椅子,不要摔,因為它們會痛",小孩就會溫柔地對待桌椅。
對萬物有情的大愛,其實也植根在你我的心裡。
只是我們成長時,缺乏適當的培育,這份大愛在我們心中漸漸失去了光輝。
「愛",不容易表達,更不容易表現。
那要怎樣培育呢?
瑜伽修行者指出的行為規範—內外在行為控制(Yama & Niyama)可以使小孩的心靈更完美,更有愛!
Tingting's Story: Cultivating Love for All Beings
3-year-old Tingting asked: "How old can I eat fish?"
Yoga vegetarian mom said: "We don't eat fish."
Tingting: "Why?"
Mom: "Do you like watching fish swim in water, or being eaten into your stomach?"
Tingting: "Swim in water."
Mom: "Mom too. I like going to the lake with Tingting to watch fish, watch mama fish and little fish swim happily."
Children naturally love all beings. Little cats, dogs, fish, flowers, grass, insects, even little chairs, little tables—to them, they are all living friends.
If you say "We should place chairs gently, don't throw them, because they will hurt", children will treat furniture gently.
Great love for all beings is actually rooted in our hearts too.
It's just that as we grow up, lacking proper cultivation, this great love gradually loses its radiance in our hearts.
"Love" is not easy to express, even harder to demonstrate.
So how to cultivate it?
Behavioral guidelines pointed out by yoga practitioners—internal and external behavior controls (Yama & Niyama) can make children's hearts more perfect, more loving!
1 不傷害
1 Non-harming
Ahimsa
小心使用自己的想法、說話和行動,不要為了自己的好處讓別人痛苦或受傷
Carefully use your thoughts, speech, and actions, don't cause pain or injury to others for your own benefit
2 不虧於心
2 Truthfulness
Satya
說話做事都要想著怎樣對別人才是最好的
Speak and act always thinking about what is best for others
3 不偷竊
3 Non-stealing
Asteya
不拿不屬於自己的東西
Don't take things that don't belong to you
4 心不離道
4 Right Use of Energy
Brahmacarya
做每件事情時,都把碰到的東西都當成愛的表現,讓心裡充滿愛
In everything you do, treat everything encountered as an expression of love, filling your heart with love
5 不役於物
5 Non-possessiveness
Aparigraha
不要收集太多超過生活需要的東西
Don't collect too many things beyond life's needs
不食動物不只是不役於物(Aparigraha),還可以讓孩子的身體健康,性情平和,可以加速智力發展。
讓我們在來臨的親子營,透過生活實踐瑜伽的智慧,培養對萬物的友愛精神!
Not eating animals is not just non-possessiveness (Aparigraha), it also keeps children's bodies healthy, temperament peaceful, and can accelerate intellectual development.
Let's practice yoga wisdom in life at the upcoming family camp, cultivating friendship and love for all beings!