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1、TheWisdomoftheSands,Vol1DiscoursesonSufismTalksgivenfrom21/02/78amto01/03/78amEnglishDiscourseseries9ChaptersYearpublished:TheWisdomoftheSands,Vol1Chapter#1Chaptertitle:TheTaleoftheSands21February1978aminBuddhaHallArchivecode:7802210ShortTitle:SANDS101Au
2、dio:YesVideo:NoLength:105minsASTREAM,FROMITSSOURCEINFAR-OFFMOUNTAINS,PASSINGTHROUGHEVERYKINDANDDESCRIPTIONOFCOUNTRYSIDE,ATLASTREACHEDTHESANDSOFTHEDESERT.JUSTASITHADCROSSEDEVERYOTHERBARRIER,THESTREAMTRIEDTOCROSSTHISONE,BUTITFOUNDASITRANINTOTHESAND,ITSWATE
3、RSDISAPPEARED.ITWASCONVINCED,HOWEVER,THATITSDESTINYWASTOCROSSTHISDESERT,ANDYETTHEREWASNOWAY.NOWAHIDDENVOICE,COMINGFROMTHEDESERTITSELF,WHISPERED,"THEWINDCROSSESTHEDESERT,ANDSOCANTHESTREAM."THESTREAMOBJECTEDTHATITWASDASHINGITSELFAGAINSTTHESAND,ANDONLYGETTI
4、NGABSORBED;THATTHEWINDCOULDFLYANDTHISWASWHYITCOULDCROSSADESERT."BYHURTLINGINYOUROWNACCUSTOMEDWAYYOUCANNOTGETACROSS.YOUWILLEITHERDISAPPEARORBECOMEAMARSH.YOUMUSTALLOWTHEWINDTOCARRYYOUOVERTOYOURDESTINATION.""BUTHOWCOULDTHISHAPPEN?""BYALLOWINGYOURSELFTOBEABS
5、ORBEDINTHEWIND."THISIDEAWASNOTACCEPTABLETOTHESTREAM.AFTERALL,ITHADNEVERBEENABSORBEDBEFORE.ITDIDNOTWANTTOLOSEITSINDIVIDUALITY.ANDONCEHAVINGLOSTIT,HOWWASITTOKNOWTHATITCOULDEVERBEREGAINED?"THEWIND,"SAIDTHESAND,"PERFORMSTHISFUNCTION.ITTAKESUPWATER,CARRIESITO
6、VERTHEDESERT,ANDTHENLETSITFALLAGAIN.FALLINGASRAIN,THEWATERAGAINBECOMESARIVER.""HOWCANIKNOWTHATTHISISTRUE?""ITISSO,ANDIFYOUDONOTBELIEVEIT,YOUCANNOTBECOMEMORETHANAQUAGMIRE,ANDEVENTHATCOULDTAKEMANY,MANYYEARS;ANDITCERTAINLYISNOTTHESAMEASASTREAM.""BUTCANINOTR
7、EMAINTHESAMESTREAMTHATIAMTODAY?""YOUCANNOTINEITHERCASEREMAINSO,"THEWHISPERSAID."YOURESSENTIALPARTISCARRIEDAWAYANDFORMSASTREAMAGAIN.YOUARECALLEDWHATYOUAREEVENTODAYBECAUSEYOUDONOTKNOWWHICHPARTOFYOUISTHEESSENTIALONE."WHENHEHEARDTHIS,CERTAINECHOESBEGANTOARIS
8、EINTHETHOUGHTSOFTHESTREAM.DIMLY,HEREMEMBEREDASTATEINWHICHHE--ORSOMEPARTOFHIM,WASIT?--HADBEENHELDINTHEARMSOFAWIND.HEALSOREMEMBERED--ORDIDHE?--THATTHISWASTHEREALTHING,NOTNECESSARILYTHEOBVIOUSTHINGTODO.ANDTHESTREAMRAISEDHISVA
