為什麼要敬拜祖先?~ 古儒吉大師談話

這精微的梵只有一，但也非一。精微的意識有許多層次，
靈性是一也是眾!
這整個宇宙是由靈性, 梵所瀰漫，但程度不同。

例如，石頭有生命和性別。正如人類學家和生物學家知道，植物和樹木可以是雄性或雌性，也可以是無性。每一種文化的古代人知道這一點。印度的Shilpis（石匠）知道如何識別哪些石頭是男是女。美國土著,他們選擇特定的石頭做敬拜和祈禱。在夏威夷的考艾島他們這樣做。

石頭有一個單位的生命。

水有兩個單位的生命。

火有三個單位的生命。

風有四個單位的生命。

空間有五個單位的生命。

樹有六個單位的生命。

動物有七個單位的生命。

人類有八個單位的生命，被稱為，ashtavasu,八瓦蘇。

存在綻放的超人，非凡的作為，無論是極好或極壞，有九個單位的生命。

而且，人類可以開發生命到十六個單位。
當我們死了，在某些​​方面來說,我們變得更加有力量。我們的生命單位介於九到十之間，這就是為什麼要敬拜祖先。
身體離世的那一刻，靈魂已變成自由的，沒有了束縛，沒有什麼可以阻擋它。
靈性能自由的在各處移動。靈性受身體約束時，只有八個單位的生命，只能觸及部分,當有九個單位，你多了一點點的力量，但如果你死了，那麼你就可以接連第九和第十單位，讓你獲得地球更多的通路。這就是為什麼祖先有保佑你的能力。他們有更比你多的'生命'，因為他們的靈性，從有限的身體中解脫出來，就可以知道;可以認知;可以祝福你。你可以感覺到他們的存在。所以，當你對著他們祈禱，他們可以給你一定的恩賜。他們是有力量能夠賜予隨你的任何程度。從中國到拉丁美洲的國家都可以找到敬拜祖先的習俗。

在基督教的傳統，有萬靈節，在那裡你尊重靈魂，並請求他們給予祝福。這就是屍體被埋葬在教堂背後的原因之一;使那個地方變得更具力量。
祖先們已經得到更多一個單位的力量，而被稱為Pitras (先祖) ～古儒吉大師2016/9/11
 

The subtle Brahman is only one, yet it is not one. The subtle consciousness has many layers to it.The spirit is one, yet it is many.The whole universe is permeated by the spirit, by Brahman, yet to different degrees.

For example, stones have life and gender. As anthropologists and biologists know that plants and trees can be male or female, so too can be stones. The ancient people of every culture knew this. The Shilpis (stone masons) in India know how to identify which stone is male and which is female. The Native Americans choose certain stones for their worship and prayer program. They do the same in Kauai, Hawaii.

Stones have one unit of life.

Water has got two units of life.

Fire has three units of life.

Air has four units of life.

Space has five units of life.

Trees have six units of life.

Animals have seven units of life.

Human beings have eight units of life, and are known as, ashtavasu.

Superhuman blossomed beings, who do extraordinary work, whether it be very good or very bad, have in nine units of life.

Furthermore, humans can develop up to sixteen units of life. When we die we become more powerful in some way. We go between nine and ten units of life.This is strange, but true.That is why ancestors are worshiped. The moment this body drops, the spirit has become free, without boundaries, and nothing can stop it. The spirit moves around freely. If it is bound in the body, you have only eight units of life, you can only reach out to some.When you have nine units, you have a little more power, but if you die, then you have access to the ninth and tenth units, so you gain much more access to the planet. That is why ancestors have the capacity to bless you. They have more ‘life’ than you, because their spirit, freed from the limited body, can know; can cognize; can bless you. You can feel their presence. So when you pray to them, they can grant you certain boons. They1 are able to bestow unto you to whatever extent they are powerful. Ancestral worship can be found from China to Latin American countries.

In the Christian tradition, there is All Soul’s day, where you respect the souls and ask for their blessings. This is one of the reasons why bodies are buried behind a church; to make that place more powerful. Ancestors have got one more unit of power, and are called Pitras
~~~ Sri Sri ravi shankar，http://www.wisdom.srisriravishankar.org/why-do-we-worship-ancestors/