培養靈性孩童的九個階段
Swami Veda Bharati
翻譯：Sujata
Best time to teach meditation to a child is in 9 months of pregnancy. Use
that time to meditate and the child in the womb will have peace
最好去教育孩子冥想的時間點，是在九個月懷胎的時候，利用這段時間去冥想，胎兒在子宮就能得到祥和。
2nd level of teaching meditation to an infant is when hugging him/her to
one’s bosom, not if you breathe from chest. Be calm and breathe
第二階段去教育嬰兒冥想，即是抱著嬰兒在你的胸口，如果你用胸式呼吸，記得表持穩定的心情呼吸。
3rd level of teaching meditation to an infant is: do your mantra-japa with
quiet diaphragmatic breath while nursing him/her on your breast
第三階段是，隨著安靜的橫隔膜呼吸法，一邊餵母乳，一邊練習你的梵咒。
4th level of teaching meditation: hold growing child in the lap, wrap with
your meditation shawl and just practice your own meditation
第四階段是，懷抱著小孩在膝蓋上，蓋上你的冥想用圍巾，練習你自己的冥想。
5th level meditation teaching, put a child to sleep by guiding a
limb-by-limb relaxation we teach in our tradition. You have to be relaxed
第五階段，依著傳承裏放鬆法的順序，哄著孩子入睡，你自己也要放鬆。
6th level of teaching a child to meditate is: after relaxation, teach
him/her to feel gentle smooth flow/touch of breath in the nostrils
第六階段，放鬆後，教導他/她去感覺呼吸時，氣息在鼻腔的流動和溫度
。
7th level to teach meditation to a child is: think a 1-syllable or
2-syllable name of God along with breath-flow awareness
第七階段，帶著呼吸的覺知，教孩子去默想一或兩個上帝名字的音節。
For 8th level
of teaching meditation to a child, God’s name in any religion or language will
do-- whichever manifestation of God you prefer
第八階段，默念任何宗教或語言的上帝之名，以你選擇的上帝形象。
For 9th level of teaching meditation to a child bring him/her for mantra
initiation. Before that, study readings on mantra we recommend
第九階段，先學習閱讀我們建議的梵咒，然後讓孩子接受梵咒啟引。
譯者註：另外斯瓦米韋達在心靈瑜珈這本書中也強調建議母親懷胎就要開始練習蓋亞曲梵咒，斯瓦米吉的母親懷孕時，每天唱誦50串念珠，相當於每天5400次。
