“……当下，瑜伽”

Patanjali's Yoga Sutra,one of the most frofound documents on the yogic science,begins with a strange line:'...And now,yoga.'

帕坦伽利的《瑜伽经》是针对瑜伽科学所著之最深奥的文献之一。它以一句奇怪的句子作为开场白：“……当下，瑜伽。”

A great document on life starts with just a sentence! Why?

这部伟大的生命文献只用半句话作为开场白！为什么？

This is because you arrive at yoga only when you realize that your desire is essentially for the limitless,and that absolutely nothing else will settle you.Every human being lives in a perpetual state of insuffiency.No matter who you are or what you have achieved,you will want a little more than what you have right now.This is human desire.But the fundamental desire within every human being is for boundless expansion.

这是因为唯有当你了解，“追求无限”是你的根本欲望，而且没有其他事物能够让你安顿下来时，你才会达到瑜伽的境界。每个人都活在一种持续不足的状态之中，不论你是谁或者你已经成就了什么，你仍然想要拥有比当下更多的事物，这是人的欲望。尽管如此，追求无限的扩展，才是人类内心的根本欲望。

Most people are not aware of the nature of their longing.When their longing finds unconscious expression,we call this greed,conquest,ambition.When their longing finds conscious expression,we call this yoga.

大多数人并未觉知到他们的渴望的本质。当人们无意识地表达这种渴望时，我们称其为“贪婪”、“征服”和“野心”。当人们有觉察地表达这种渴望时，我们称此为“瑜伽”。

If you still believe that everything will be okay the moment you find a new girlfriend or boyfriend,get a rise,buy a new house or car,then it is not yet time for yoga.Once you've tried all those things and more,and clearly know that none of it will ever be enough---then you are ready.

如果你仍然相信，在找到一个新女友或新男友、加薪、买新房或买新车之后，一切都会安然无恙，那么，瑜伽的时机尚未到来。一旦你已经尝试所有这些事物和更多事物，并且清楚地了知，这一切永远不会足够，那么你就已经准备就绪。

So now, yoga.

因此，当下，瑜伽。