神性確實豐富一個已經臣服整個生命的人

問題：大部分師父開始時的生活像普通人一樣，但之後他們逐漸走向奢侈和享受的生活。這是爲什麽呢？

答案：即使是普通人都過著奢侈和舒適的生活；因此神性確實豐富一個已經臣服整個生命的人。首先尋求神性，之後傳授知識給每一個人，你會輕易獲得舒適的最佳工具，無論你是住在森林或是在社會裏。

即使在森林，我經常很容易就得到最好的水果，在社會時也同樣收到最好的。這是因爲門徒相信斯瓦米吉（Swamiji）應該先獲得生命裏最好的，然後這最好的應該也會降臨到他們的身上。

我的生活擁有很好的奢侈品，但是我不執著它們。不管它們存在與否，對我來説沒有差別。即使到今天我依然想返回喜馬拉雅山的懷抱。豐富和富裕只是靜心的副產品。聖人擁有豐富和富裕，但他們卻不屬於這些東西。


Question : Most Gurus begin life like ordinary persons, and then they move towards luxuries and enjoyment in life. Why is this so?

Answer : Even an ordinary human obtains luxuries and comforts in his life; therefore Paramatma will surely make the remaining portion of the life of a person who has surrendered his entire life - first of all in quest of Paramatma, and then in conveying the knowledge to each and every human being, very much easier with the best instruments of comfort, whether he lives in the jungle or in society.
I used to obtain the best fruits even in the jungle quite easily, and I receive the best even in society because sadhaks believe that Swamiji should first receive whatever is the best in life and then it should come to them.
I live with all these excellent luxurious articles and yet I’m not in them. It makes no difference to me whether they are present or not. Even today I wish to return into the lap of the Himalayas. Wealth and riches is a by-product of meditation. The saint has wealth and riches but he is not present in them.