悼念 ● 艾揚格大師

(Photo: Students pay tribute to Guruji at Omkarananda Patanjala Yoga Kendra, Rishikesh)

Guruji B.K.S  Iyengar 曾經在他晚年的書Light on life當中寫了這麼一段:

「我老了，死亡無法避免的一步一步趨近。但是，生與死是超越人類意志的，那些不是我能控制的領域，我不去想這些。瑜珈所教會我的是努力活出個有用的人生，生活中包含著所有苦與樂的繁雜心念，都會在死亡那一刻隨之結束。如果一個人已經解脫於這些繁複的雜念，那麼死亡將是自然且平順的發生。」

"I'm old, and death inevitably approaches. But both birth and death are beyond the will of a human being. They are not my domain. I do not think about it. Yoga has taught me to think of only working to live a useful life. The complexity of the life of the mind comes to an end at death, with all the sorrows and happiness. If one is already free from that complexity, death comes naturally and smoothly."

雖然Guruji離開我們，但是他一生對瑜珈的貢獻與精神將會永遠影響著我們這些學生。R.I.P.