Bede Griffiths

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One of today's foremost mystics introduces readers to the thought of one of the most important spiritual teachers of the past century.Bede Griffiths—English Benedictine monk and lifelong friend of C.S

One of today's foremost mystics introduces readers to the thought of one of the most important spiritual teachers of the past century.Bede Griffiths—English Benedictine monk and lifelong friend of C.S

Explores the work of spiritual leader and writer Bede Griffiths, who envisioned a union of Eastern and Western spirituality.

Every age has its visionaries. Bede Griffiths, the gentle Benedictine monk who traveled to India to seek the other half of his soul was one such spiritual giant. Like Mother Teresa and Thich Nhat Hanh

貝德．格里菲思（Bede Griffiths OSB） 本篤會隱修士，《東西聯姻》作者說： 「以我之見，若望．邁恩是當今教會最重要的靈修導師。若望．邁恩扎根於基督宗教傳統內，開啟了一條直接經驗天主、真理和存在的道路。他是一個擁有極大智慧的人，最重要的是他擁有偉大的愛情。」 第一四任坎特伯雷總主教羅雲•威廉斯說， 若望•邁恩「將沙漠教父祈禱傳統置入當今世代，他獨特的靈修根基扎根於第四、五世紀。」 古老的沙漠智慧有句話說：「知道自己在祈禱的隱修士並沒有在祈禱，而 不知道自己在祈禱的隱修士則真正在祈禱。」 如何進入真正的祈禱，一直是個奧祕，本書作者若望•邁恩神父受到東方 靈修大師的啟發，反身找到基督信仰古老的傳統－－默禱。他曾經是大英帝國派往馬來亞的公務員，回國後成為都柏林法學教授，在三十二歲那年卻開著紅色MG跑車，去倫敦的本篤會隱修院面試。 他從帶領六個人開始默禱，後來跨越大西洋到加拿大的蒙特婁，建立起和平信徒一起默禱的團體，他不斷地講解默禱是什麼、不是什麼，影響無數人靈，本書就是他的教導。現今他的後繼者創立的默禱團體散布於全球一百多個國家。每年舉辦若望．邁恩研討會，曾與邁恩神父一起默禱過的達賴喇嘛也出席過此一盛會。 默禱的精髓是什麼？默禱就是學習退後，讓天主來到你生活中最重要的位置。 默禱的簡單性是什麼？只要每天早、晚給自己機會做，純樸地、謙卑地去做。 開始默禱，不要問：「我現在怎麼樣了？」也不要試圖自我分析：「我喜歡嗎？我得到了什麼嗎？」必須憑信德開始，不能剛剛開始就計算果效。不要像以往那樣為默禱定個日期表－－唸三分鐘短頌，就停下來看看時間。因為天主派遣聖神，到我們心中，換句話說，天主在我們內，而默禱只是轉向天主的臨在。 接著，學習靜默，學習愛靜默，默禱時不要尋求訊息、記號或徵兆，清空 心中所有與天主無關之事。準備好心靈，向天主的大能敞開，踏上走向完 全光明和圓滿意義的旅途。 這是一趟怎樣的旅行呢？ 首先，坐下來靜止不動，後背直立，雙眼輕闔，坐姿放鬆但保持醒覺。默 默地，由內而發地開始誦唸一個祈禱詞，我們推薦的是「瑪拉納塔 」（Maranatha），這是阿拉美語，也就是耶穌所使用的語言，意思是：主 ，請來！默念的時候要用心去「聆聽」這個詞語，但是不要去思考或是想 像任何跟靈性相關的東西。若有任何意象或是思緒呈現，都只是干擾，不 要理會，隨即把注意力重新集中在單純誦

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