Yogiji 住在修行道院裡的日子（ Yogiji stayed in the ashrams ）

1970年10月 — Yogiji在賓夕法尼亞州費城修道院裡砍柴。 

Yogiji 待在修道院裡，由Soorya Kaur（Yogi Bhajan的工作人員）分享。她在2005年寫的《YogiJi-我們的靈魂之光》一書的第68頁分享了這張照片和這些話。

當Yogiji來到一個城市教書時，他總是和每個人一起住在修道院。 事實上，修道院的頭頭們搬出了他們的房間，為他清空了他們的衣櫃。 他的來訪總是被人們覺察到，這可能是這所房子唯一一次確定會被大改造的機會。 一切都被打掃、修理、粉刷和裝飾，以期待他的來訪。 為了準備他的到來，事情充滿了興奮，當他離開的時候，總是很難讓他走。

Soorya Kaur 與 Yogi Bhajan 在一起的日子

我想感謝神賜予我很多很多的祝福，特別是感謝我的好朋友 Neesha Singh。 如果沒有她的編輯和寫作技巧，以及與生俱來的攝影覺察，我永遠不會完成這本書。 我們建立了一種夥伴關係，在極短的時間內使這本書成為現實。 

當我在研究這本書要怎麼寫的時，我的照片（我總是試圖讓他為我微笑）讓我在這裡與你分享這些親密的回憶，開啟了閘門。 如果我可以謙虛地說，我不認為這是「 我的書 」，因為 Guru Ram Das 和 Yogiji 看透了我，這本書有它自己的生命。 

很難決定是Guru Ram Das 接納了 Yogiji 還是 Yogiji 接納了 Guru Ram Das。 每天早上，當 Yogiji 在印度阿姆利則金廟進行 Seva（無私服務）清洗地板時，他都會聽到 Guru Ram Das 的 Bani（祈禱）。 在此期間，他被一次奇蹟式的靈性提升經歷所啟迪，他與Guru Ram Das的連結將永遠被封印。 Guru Ram Das 成為他和我們的贊助者古魯大師。 我們被教導要呼喚他來承擔我們的痛苦、解決我們的問題、在我們身邊，在需要時創造奇蹟，而古魯總是交付予我們。

Yogiji stayed in the ashrams

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 1970 – Yogiji chopping wood at the Philadelphia Ashram.

Yogiji stayed in the ashrams is shared by Soorya Kaur (staff member of Yogi Bhajan) She shared this photo and these words on page 68 of her book YogiJi – The Light of Our Souls, written in 2005

When Yogiji came to a city to teach, he always lived with everyone at the Ashram. In fact, the Heads of the Ashrams moved out of their rooms and emptied their closets for him. He was aware that this may be the only time the house was sure to get overhauled. Everything was cleaned, repaired, painted and decorated in anticipation of his visit. Things buzzed with excitement in preparation for his arrival, and it was always so hard to let him go when the time came for him to leave.

Soorya Kaur Blessings

I wish to thank God for many, many blessings, but in particular, for my good friend Neesha Singh.  I could never have done this book without her editing and writing skills, and innate sense for photography.  We forged a partnership that made this book a reality in an extremely short period of time.

While I was working on the idea of this book, my pictures (I always attempted to make him smile for me) opened a floodgate of the intimate memories that I share here with you.  If I may humbly say this, I don’t think of this as “my book” because Guru Ram Das and Yogiji saw me through it, and it took on a life of its own.

It is difficult to decide whether Guru Ram Das adopted Yogiji or Yogiji adopted Guru Ram Das.  Every morning as he performed Seva (selfless service) washing the floors of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, Yogiji heard Guru Ram Das’ Bani (prayers).  During this period, he was enlightened by a miraculous spiritually elevating experience, and his bond with Guru Ram Das was sealed forever.  Guru Ram Das became his and our patron Guru.  We learn to call upon him to take our pain, to sort out our problems, to be there for us, to produce a miracle when needed, and he always delivered.

                                    本文選自 STUDENTSOFYOGIBHAJAN

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