I kēia mau lā, aia kahi ʻano hana e ʻōlelo nei e kipa ke kanaka holomua i nā wahi mana. Akā pinepine ka poʻe e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke ʻano. ʻAʻole maikaʻi loa ka huaʻōlelo o ka Baibala "vanity of vanities" no ke kanaka hou. Makemake ka poʻe i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa. ʻAʻole lākou e noho mālie. Hana lākou i nā papa inoa lōʻihi i kā lākou mea hoʻonohonoho i ka mea, i hea, a me ka wā e kipa aku ai. No laila, me ka Louvre, ka Hermitage, ka Delhi Ashvattham, nā pyramids o ʻAigupita, Stonehenge, Angkor Wat i paʻa paʻa i loko o ka manaʻo o ka poʻe e hahai ana i ka hoʻokupu i ka hana a kau i kahi māka i loko o ka puke o ke ola: Ua hele wau ma ʻaneʻi. , Ua kipa au, ua ike au maanei.
Ua hōʻoia ʻia kēia manaʻo iaʻu e koʻu hoaaloha ʻo Sasha, he kanaka Lūkini mai Samara i hele mai i Angkor Wat a aloha nui i kēia wahi a ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e noho a hana ma ʻaneʻi ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi.
ʻO Angkor Wat ka monument nui loa o ka mōʻaukala, ka hoʻolālā a me ka metaphysics, i ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe Farani ma ka ululāʻau Cambodia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 19. ʻO ka manawa mua ka nui o mākou i kamaʻāina i ke kiʻi o Angkor Wat, e heluhelu ana i nā moʻolelo a Kipling e pili ana i ke kūlanakauhale haʻalele o nā monkey, akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka haʻalele ʻia a hoʻopio ʻia e nā kūlanakauhale ululāʻau, ʻaʻole ia he moʻolelo moʻolelo.
Hānau ʻia nā lāhui a make, a hana ke ʻano i kāna hana mau loa. A hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka hōʻailona o ka hānau ʻana a me ka make ʻana o ka civilization ma ʻaneʻi ma nā luakini kahiko o Cambodia. Me he mea lā e hoʻāʻo ana nā kumulāʻau nui e ʻoki i nā hale pōhaku kanaka ma ko lākou mau lima, e hopu ana i nā poloka pōhaku me ko lākou mau aʻa ikaika a ʻomi i ko lākou mau lima, he mau kenimika maoli i ka makahiki. I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, ʻike ʻia nā kiʻi epic kupaianaha ma ʻaneʻi, kahi e hoʻi ai nā mea āpau i hana ʻia e ke kanaka, me he mea lā, i ka poli o ke ʻano makuahine.
Ua nīnau au i ke alakaʻi iā Sasha - he aha kāu i hana ai ma mua o Cambodia? Ua haʻi ʻo Sasha i kāna moʻolelo. Ma kahi pōkole, he mea hoʻokani pila ʻo ia, hana ma ke kīwī, a laila ʻai ʻo ia i ka formic acid i loko o kahi anthill nui i kapa ʻia ʻo Moscow, a hoʻoholo e neʻe i Samara, kahi āna i kamaʻāina ai me ka bhakti yoga. Me he mea lā ua haʻalele ʻo Sasha iā Moscow e hana i kahi mea nui a me ka home. Ua moeʻuhaneʻo ia i kaʻoihana me kahi leka nui, akā ma hope o ke aʻoʻana e pili ana i ka bhakti yoga, uaʻikeʻo iaʻo kaʻoihanaʻoiaʻiʻo ka hiki keʻike i ka honua ma o nā maka o kaʻuhane. Ma hope o ka heluhelu ʻana i ka Bhagavad Gita a me ka Bhagavata Purana, ua hoʻoholo wau e hele i ʻaneʻi e ʻike me koʻu mau maka ponoʻī i ka monument nui o ka cosmology Vedic kahiko, a ua aloha nui wau i kēia mau wahi a ua hoʻoholo wau e noho ma ʻaneʻi. A no ka mea, ʻo ka mea mākaʻikaʻi Lūkini, ʻo ka hapa nui, ʻōlelo liʻiliʻi i ka ʻōlelo Pelekane a makemake ʻo ia e kamaʻilio me kāna ponoʻī, no laila ua loaʻa iā ia kahi hana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi i kahi hui huakaʻi kūloko. E like me kā lākou e ʻōlelo nei, ʻaʻole no ka pono pilikino, akā i mea e aʻo hou ai e pili ana iā ia mai loko.
Nīnau au iā ia, "No laila he mea ʻai ʻoe?" Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sasha: "ʻOiaʻiʻo. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au ʻo kēlā me kēia kanaka noʻonoʻo i ʻike hohonu i kona ʻano he mea ʻai meaʻai, a ʻoi aku. Ma nā moʻolelo o kona leo ikaika a hoʻohuli, ua lohe au i ʻelua mau ʻōlelo: ʻo ka mua he "ʻano i loko" a ʻo ka lua he "mea kanu a ʻoi aku." Nui koʻu hoihoi i ka lohe ʻana i ka wehewehe ʻana mai nā lehelehe o kahi ʻōpio - he hanauna hou o nā keiki Indigo. ʻO ka ʻōniʻoniʻoni ʻana ma ka maka hoʻokahi, nīnau wau me ka leo haʻahaʻa: “E wehewehe mai iaʻu i kāu manaʻo o ka huaʻōlelo. ʻano o loko? "
Ua hana ʻia kēia kamaʻilio ʻana ma kekahi o nā kiʻi kiʻi o ka luakini, kahi i kālai ʻia ai nā fresco nani o ka ʻāwili ʻana o ka moana waiu ma ka paia pau ʻole. Ua huki nā akua a me nā daimonio i ka nahesa honua ʻo Vasuki, i hoʻohana ʻia ʻo ia ke kaula lōʻihi loa i ka mōʻaukala o ka hana ʻana. A ua uhi kēia kaula ola i ka mauna honua ʻo Meru. Ua kū ʻo ia i loko o ka wai o ka Moana Causal, a ua kākoʻo ʻia ʻo ia e kāna honu avatar nui, ʻo Kurma, ʻo ia ka incarnation o ka Haku Kiʻekiʻe Vishnu ponoʻī. Ma nā wahi mana, hiki mai nā nīnau a me nā pane iā mākou inā mākou e ʻimi nei.
Ua koʻikoʻi ka helehelena o koʻu alakaʻi, me he mea lā ua wehe a pani ʻo ia i nā loulou kamepiula he nui i loko o kona noʻonoʻo, no ka mea, makemake ʻo ia e kamaʻilio pōkole a no ka mea nui. ʻO ka hope, ʻōlelo ʻo ia. Ke wehewehe ka Vedas i ke kanaka, pili lākou i ka huaʻōlelo Jivatma (jiva-atma), a i ʻole ʻuhane, iā ia. Ua like loa ʻo Jiva me ka huaʻōlelo Lūkini ola. Hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo ʻo ka ʻuhane ka mea ola. ʻO ka ʻāpana ʻelua - atma - ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokahi. ʻAʻohe ʻuhane i like. He mau loa ka ʻuhane a he ʻano akua kona.
"Haina hoihoi," wahi a'u. "Akā, pehea ka nui o ka ʻuhane, i kou manaʻo?" Ua ʻakaʻaka ʻo Sasha a ʻōlelo: "Hiki iaʻu ke pane wale i kaʻu mea i heluhelu ai ma ka Vedas. ʻO koʻu ʻike ponoʻī ʻo koʻu manaʻoʻiʻo wale nō i nā ʻōlelo a ka Vedas. ʻAʻole wau ʻo Einstein a i ʻole Vedavyas, ke haʻi wale nei au i nā ʻōlelo a ka poʻe akamai metaphysical nui. Akā, ke'ōlelo nei ka Vedas heʻeluaʻanoʻuhane: hoʻokahi ka poʻe e noho ana i ka honua o ka mea a hilinaʻi i nā kino kino, hānau lākou a make ma muli o ka karma; ʻO kekahi poʻe he mau ʻuhane make ʻole e noho ana i nā ao o ka ʻike maʻemaʻe, ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike i ka makaʻu o ka hānau ʻana, ka make, ka poina a me ka ʻeha e pili ana me lākou.
ʻO ia ka honua o ka noʻonoʻo maʻemaʻe i hōʻike ʻia ma ke kikowaena o ka hale paʻa o Angkor Wat Temple. A ʻo ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻike he kaukani kapuaʻi kahi e piʻi ai ka ʻuhane. Ma mua o ko mākou piʻi ʻana i ka piko loa o ka luakini, kahi e noho ai ke akua ʻo Vishnu, pono mākou e hele ma waena o nā hale kiʻi a me nā alahele. Hōʻike kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu i kahi pae o ka ʻike a me ka mālamalama. A ʻo ka ʻuhane hoʻonaʻauao wale nō e ʻike ʻaʻole i ke kiʻi pōhaku, akā ʻo ke Akua Akua mau loa, e nānā hauʻoli ana, e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻike aloha i ka poʻe a pau e komo i ʻaneʻi.
ʻĪ akula au: “E kali, ke manaʻo nei ʻoe ua hiki wale i ka poʻe naʻauao ke ʻano o kēia Temepela, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe i ʻike i nā ʻanuʻu pōhaku, nā kiʻi paʻi kiʻi, nā frescoes, a me nā poʻe akamai wale nō, kaʻawale i ka uhi o ka hoʻopunipuni, hiki ke noʻonoʻo i ka Oversoul. , a i ʻole ke kumu o nā ʻuhane a pau - Vishnu a i ʻole Narayana? "Pololei," i pane aku ai ʻo Sasha. "Akā, ʻaʻole pono ka poʻe i hoʻomālamalama ʻia i nā luakini a me nā ʻano hana," wahi aʻu. "ʻO ka mea i loaʻa ka mālamalama e hiki ke ʻike i ka Haku i nā wahi āpau - i kēlā me kēia atom, i nā naʻau a pau." Ua ʻakaʻaka ʻo Sasha a pane akula: “He mau ʻoiaʻiʻo maopopo kēia. Aia ka Haku ma nā wahi a pau, i kēlā me kēia atom, akā i loko o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo ia i ke aloha kūikawā, e hōʻike ana iā ia iho i ka poʻe mālamalama a me nā kānaka maʻamau. No laila, hele mai nā mea a pau i ʻaneʻi - nā mystics, nā mōʻī a me nā kānaka maʻamau. Hōʻike ka Infinite iā ia iho i nā mea a pau e like me ka hiki o ka mea ʻike, a e like hoʻi me ka nui o kona makemake e hōʻike i kāna mea huna iā mākou. He hana hoʻokahi kēia. Aia wale ia ma ke ʻano o ka pilina ma waena o ka ʻuhane a me ke Akua.
Iā mākou e kamaʻilio ana, ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i ka ʻākoakoa ʻana o kekahi poʻe mākaʻikaʻi liʻiliʻi a puni mākou, me kahi alakaʻi ʻelemakule. He mea maopopo loa keia o ko makou mau hoa makaainana i hoolohe mai ia makou me ka hoihoi nui, aka, o ka mea i oi loa aku ia'u, o ke kunou ana mai o ke poo o ke alakai Cambodia i kona poo me ka ae mai, a i mai la ma ka olelo Rusia maikai: "Ae, ua pololei. ʻO ke aliʻi nāna i kūkulu i ka luakini, he ʻelele ʻo ia no Vishnu, ka Mea Kiʻekiʻe loa, a ua hana ʻo ia i mea e hiki ai i kēlā me kēia kanaka o kona ʻāina, me ka nānā ʻole i ka caste a me ke kumu, ke loaʻa iā darshan - ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ke kiʻi akua o ka Mea Kiʻekiʻe.
Hōʻike kēia luakini i ke ao holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka hale kiaʻi waena ka mauna gula o Meru, kahi e komo ai i ke ao holoʻokoʻa. Ua māhele ʻia i nā pae e hōʻike ana i nā mokulele o ke kanaka kiʻekiʻe, e like me Tapa-loka, Maha-loka, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ma luna o kēia mau honua e noho nei nā mystics nui i hiki i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻike. Ua like ia me ke alapii e alakai ana i ka malamalama kiekie loa. Aia ma luna o kēia alapiʻi ka mea nāna i hana ʻo Brahma ponoʻī, e like me ke kamepiula ikaika me nā mea hana ʻehā - ʻehā mau poʻo ʻo Brahma. I loko o kona kino noʻonoʻo, e like me ka bifidobacteria, ola nā piliona o ka poʻe akamai. Ua like lākou a pau me kahi pūʻulu hoʻouka kamepiula nui, hoʻohālike lākou i kā mākou Universe ma ke ʻano 3-D, a ma hope o kona luku ʻia, pau kā lākou lawelawe ʻana i ka honua, neʻe lākou i ka honua o ka ʻike kiʻekiʻe.
“He aha ka lalo?” Ninau au. Pane maila ke alakaʻi me ka ʻakaʻaka: “Ma lalo iho nā honua haʻahaʻa. Ka mea a ka poe Kristiano i kapa ai he po. Akā ʻaʻole weliweli nā honua āpau e like me Dante a i ʻole ka hale pule i wehewehe ai iā lākou. ʻO kekahi o nā honua haʻahaʻa he uʻi loa ia mai kahi ʻike waiwai. Aia nā leʻaleʻa moe kolohe, nā waiwai, akā ʻo ka poʻe wale nō o kēia mau honua i poina i ko lākou ʻano mau loa, ua nele lākou i ka ʻike o ke akua.
Ua hoʻohenehene au: "Pehea nā Finns, a pehea? Noho lākou i ko lākou honua liʻiliʻi me kā lākou hauʻoli liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻole manaʻoʻiʻo i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe iā lākou iho. ʻAʻole maopopo i ke alakaʻi ʻo wai ka Finns, akā ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia i ke koena, a me ka ʻakaʻaka, kunou mai kona poʻo. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Akā ma laila, ʻo ka nahesa nui ʻo Ananta, kahi avatar o Vishnu, hoʻonani iā ia me hoʻokahi tausani o kona mau poʻo, no laila aia mau ka manaʻolana i ka Universe no nā mea āpau. A ʻo ka laki kūikawā ka hānau ʻana ma ke ʻano he kanaka,” wahi a ke alakaʻi.
Ua minoʻaka au a hoʻomaka wau e kamaʻilio nona: "No ka mea hiki i ke kanaka ke hoʻolimalima i nā hola ʻehā i ke kaʻa i ka hana ma ke kaʻa, ʻumi hola no ka hana, hoʻokahi hola no ka meaʻai, ʻelima mau minuke no ka moekolohe, a i ke kakahiaka e hoʻomaka hou nā mea āpau. ” Ua ʻakaʻaka ke alakaʻi a ʻōlelo maila: “ʻAe, ʻae, pololei ʻoe, ʻo ke kanaka hou wale nō ka mea hiki ke hoʻolilo i kona ola me ka noʻonoʻo. Ke loaʻa iā ia ka manawa kūʻokoʻa, ʻoi aku ka hewa o kāna hana, i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā leʻaleʻa palaualelo. Akā ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ko mākou mau kūpuna ma mua o 4 mau hola i ka lā, ma hope o ka canon Vedic. Ua lawa kēia no ka hoʻolako ʻana iā lākou iho i ka ʻai a me nā lole. "He aha kā lākou i hana ai i ke koena o ka manawa?" i ninau aku ai au me ka puuwai. ʻO ke alakaʻi (Khmer), me ka ʻakaʻaka, pane maila: “Ua ala ke kanaka i ka wā o brahma-muhurta. ʻO ka hola ʻehā paha o ke kakahiaka ke hoʻomaka ka honua e ala. Ua ʻauʻau ʻo ia, ua noʻonoʻo ʻo ia, hiki paha iā ia ke hana i ka yoga a i ʻole ka hanu ʻana no kekahi manawa e hoʻopaʻa i kona noʻonoʻo, a laila e ʻōlelo ʻo ia i nā mantra kapu, a hiki paha iā ia ke hele i ka luakini ma ʻaneʻi e komo i ka hana arati.
"He aha ka arati?" Ninau au. Pane akula ʻo Khmer: "He hana pohihihi kēia i ka wā e hāʻawi ʻia ai ka wai, ke ahi, nā pua, nā mea ʻala i ka Mea Mana Loa." Ua nīnau au: "Pono anei ke Akua i nā mea kino āna i hana ai, no ka mea, nona nā mea a pau?" Ua mahalo ke alakaʻi i kaʻu hoʻohenehene a ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "I kēia ao hou, makemake mākou e hoʻohana i ka ʻaila a me ka ikehu e lawelawe ai iā mākou iho, akā i ka wā o ka hoʻomana hoʻomana mākou e hoʻomanaʻo nei ʻo nā mea āpau o kēia ao no kona hauʻoli, a he mau ʻāpana liʻiliʻi wale nō mākou o kahi. ke ao holoʻokoʻa nui, a pono e hana ma ke ʻano he orkestra hoʻokahi, a laila e lokahi ka honua. Eia kekahi, ke hāʻawi aku mākou i kekahi mea i ka Mea Mana Loa, ʻaʻole ʻo ia e ʻae i nā mea kino, akā i ko mākou aloha a me ke aloha. Akā, ʻo kona manaʻo i ka pane ʻana i ko mākou aloha e hoʻomāʻona iā lākou, no laila, lilo nā pua, ke ahi, ka wai i ka ʻuhane a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ko mākou ʻike.
ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi o ka poʻe hoʻolohe ke kū a nīnau: "No ke aha mākou e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai i ko mākou ʻike?" ʻO ke alakaʻi, me ka ʻakaʻaka, hoʻomau: "ʻO ko mākou noʻonoʻo a me ko mākou kino e hoʻohaumia mau ʻia - i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka mākou e palaki i ko mākou mau niho a ʻauʻau. Ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe mākou i ko mākou kino, ʻike mākou i kahi leʻaleʻa i hiki mai iā mākou mai ka maʻemaʻe. "ʻAe, ʻo ia," i pane aku ai ka mea hoʻolohe. "Akā, ʻaʻole wale ke kino i haumia. ʻO ka noʻonoʻo, nā manaʻo, nā manaʻo - ua haumia kēia mau mea ma ka mokulele maʻalahi; ke hoʻohaumia ʻia ka ʻike o ke kanaka, nalo ka hiki ke ʻike i nā ʻike ʻuhane maʻalahi, lilo ia i mea ʻino a kino ʻole. ʻŌlelo ke kaikamahine, "ʻAe, kapa mākou i kēlā poʻe he ʻili mānoanoa a mea waiwai paha," a laila hoʻohui ʻia, "ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻo mākou ka civilization o materialists." Ua lulu ʻo Khmer i kona poʻo me ke kaumaha.
No ka paipai ʻana i ka poʻe i hele mai, ua ʻōlelo au: “ʻAʻole nalowale nā mea āpau, aia mākou a i kēia manawa, a ke kamaʻilio nei mākou no kēia mau mea. E like me kā Descartes i ʻōlelo ai, kānalua wau, no laila ke ola nei au. Eia koʻu hoaaloha ʻo Sasha, he alakaʻi ʻo ia a hoihoi i ka bhakti yoga, a hele mai mākou e pana i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni a hana i kahi hōʻike. I ka lohe ʻana i kaʻu ʻōlelo wela, ma ka ʻuhane o Lenin ma luna o kahi kaʻa kāhiko, ʻakaʻaka ke alakaʻi Khmer, hoʻonui i kona mau maka kamaliʻi o kahi ʻelemakule, a lululima mai iaʻu. "Ua aʻo au ma Rūsia, ma ke Keʻena ʻo Patrice Lumumba, a ʻo mākou, nā poʻe hema, ua hopu mau ʻia e ke ʻano o ka ʻuhane Lūkini. Pīhoihoi mau ʻoe i ka honua holoʻokoʻa me kāu mau hana kupanaha - lele ʻoe i ka lewa, a i ʻole ʻoe e hoʻokō i kāu kuleana honua. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke noho mālie. ʻOliʻoli loa wau i kaʻu hana - ua poina ka poʻe kamaʻāina i kā lākou mau kuʻuna a hele mai i ʻaneʻi e hōʻike i ka mahalo i nā kiʻi i ʻike ʻia e ko ʻAsia, akā makemake ʻoukou e nā Lūkini e hele i lalo, no laila ua hauʻoli loa wau a hui hou. E ʻae mai iaʻu e hoʻolauna iaʻu iho - ʻo Prasad koʻu inoa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sasha: "No laila aia kēia ma Sanskrit - meaʻai hoʻolaʻa!" Ua ʻakaʻaka ke alakaʻi a ʻōlelo mai, “ʻAʻole ʻo Prasad wale nō ka meaʻai i hoʻomālamalama ʻia, ʻo ia hoʻi ke aloha o ka Haku. He haipule loa ko'u makuahine a pule aku la ia Vishnu e hoouna mai i kona aloha. A no laila, i ka hānau ʻana i loko o kahi ʻohana ʻilihune, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi hoʻonaʻauao kiʻekiʻe, aʻo ʻia ma Rusia, aʻo ʻia, akā i kēia manawa ke hana nei au ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi, i kēlā me kēia manawa, i kekahi mau hola i ka lā, i ʻole e stagnate, ʻokoʻa, Makemake au e ʻōlelo Lūkini.
"Maikaʻi," wahi aʻu. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻopuni ʻia mākou e ka lehulehu o ka poʻe, a me nā poʻe Lūkini ʻē aʻe, a ʻaʻole nā Russia wale nō, i hui pū me ka hui. Me he mea lā ua ʻike lōʻihi kēia anaina i hoʻokumu ʻia. A hikiwawe kekahi ʻano ʻano kupaianaha: "Hana maikaʻi loa," lohe wau i ka ʻōlelo Lūkini me kahi leo India maʻamau. Imua o'u e ku ana he Inia liilii me na makaaniani, me ka palule keokeo, a me na pepeiao nui e like me ko ka Buddha. Ua hauʻoli loa nā pepeiao iaʻu. Ma lalo o nā makaaniani Olympiad keʻano he kanawalu kanawalu, ua ʻālohilohi nā maka maalea; ʻO ke aniani hoʻonui mānoanoa, ua ʻoi aku ka pālua o ka nui, ʻae, ʻo nā maka nui a me nā pepeiao i hoʻomanaʻo ʻia. Me he mea lā iaʻu he malihini ka Hindu mai kahi mea ʻē aʻe.
I ka ʻike ʻana i koʻu pīhoihoi, ua hōʻike ʻo Hindu iā ia iho: “Profesor Chandra Bhattacharya. Akā ʻo Mirra kaʻu wahine. Ua ʻike au i kekahi wahine wizened he hapa poʻo pōkole, ʻaʻahu like me nā aniani like a me nā pepeiao nui. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke kāohi i koʻu ʻakaʻaka a i ka manawa mua ua makemake au e ʻōlelo penei: "Ua like ʻoe me nā humanoids," akā ua hopu ʻo ia iā ia iho a ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ka haʻaheo: "Ua like ʻoe me ke kaikunāne a me ke kaikuahine." Ua minoʻaka lāua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Polofesa, ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka Lūkini i nā makahiki o ka launa pū ʻana me Rūsia-India, ua noho ʻo ia no kekahi mau makahiki ma St. I kēia manawa ua hoʻomahaʻo ia a hele i nā wahi likeʻole, ua lōʻihi kona moeʻuhane e hele mai i Angkor Wat, a ua moeʻuhane kāna wahine eʻike i nā frescoes kaulana me Krishna. Huli au a ʻī akula: “ʻO ka luakini kēia o Vishnu, aia iā ʻoe ʻo Krishna ma India.” Ua ʻōlelo ka polopeka, "Ma Inia, ʻo Krishna lāua ʻo Vishnu hoʻokahi. Eia kekahi, ʻo Vishnu, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka Mea Kiʻekiʻe, akā mai ka manaʻo o ka Vaishnavas, noho wale i kahi kūlana akua i ʻae ʻia. Ua hoʻopau koke au iā ia: "He aha kāu manaʻo i ka huaʻōlelo i ʻae ʻia?" "Na kaʻu wahine e wehewehe i kēia iā ʻoe. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole ʻo ia e ʻōlelo Lūkini, akā ʻaʻole wale ʻo ia he mea hoʻohewa kiʻi, akā he theologian Sanskrit. Ua minoʻaka au me ke kūnou ʻana i koʻu poʻo.
ʻO ka maʻemaʻe a me ka maopopo o ka ʻōlelo a ka wahine a ke kaukaʻi ua paʻi iaʻu mai nā huaʻōlelo mua, ʻoiai ua ʻōlelo maopopo ʻo ia i ka "Indian English", akā ua manaʻo ʻia he ʻōlelo maikaʻi loa ka lede palupalu a maopopo he kumu akamai. ʻĪ maila ʻo ia, "E nānā i luna." Hāpai ke poʻo o kēlā me kēia kanaka a ʻike i nā stucco bas-reliefs kahiko, kahi i mālama maikaʻi ʻole ʻia. Ua hōʻoia ʻo ke alakaʻi Khmer: "ʻAe, ʻo kēia nā frescoes Krishna, maopopo iā mākou kekahi o lākou, a ʻaʻole maopopo kekahi." Nīnau ka wahine India: "ʻO wai ka mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia?" ʻŌlelo ke alakaʻi: “ʻAe, no ka laʻana, ʻo kēia. Me he mea lā aia kekahi ʻano daimonio ma ʻaneʻi a me kekahi moʻolelo ʻano ʻē ʻaʻole i loko o ka Puranas. ʻŌlelo maila ka lede me ka leo koʻikoʻi, “ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole lākou he daimonio, he pēpē Krishna wale nō lākou. Aia ʻo ia ma nā ʻehā a pau, no ka mea, he keiki hānau hou ʻo ia, ʻo Gopal, e like me ke pēpē he ʻano liʻiliʻi ʻo ia, a ʻo nā ʻāpana o kona mau maka e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka manaʻo iā ia he daimonio. A eia ke kaula a kona makuahine i nakinaki ai i kona kaei i ole ia e kolohe. Ma ke ala, no ka nui o kona ho'āʻo e hoʻopaʻa iā ia, ʻaʻole lawa mau ke kaula, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe palena ʻo Krishna, a hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopaʻa i ka palena ʻole me ke kaula o ke Aloha. A ʻo kēia ke kiʻi o nā lani ʻelua āna i hoʻokuʻu ai, e noho ana ma ke ʻano o nā lāʻau ʻelua.
Pīhoihoi ka poʻe a puni i ka wehewehe ʻana o ka wahine i ke ʻano o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hapa. Lawe kekahi i kahi puke me ke kiʻi a ʻōlelo mai, "ʻAe, ʻoiaʻiʻo." I kēlā manawa, ua ʻike mākou i kahi kamaʻilio kupaianaha ma waena o nā ʻelele o nā civila ʻelua. A laila ua hoʻololi ke alakaʻi Cambodian i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania a nīnau mālie i ka wahine a ke kauka no ke aha i loko o ka luakini Vishnu he mau frescoes o Krishna ma nā kaupaku? A he aha ke ʻano o ia mea? Ua ʻōlelo ka wahine, "Ua haʻi mua mākou iā ʻoe ma India ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei nā Vaishnavas ʻo Vishnu kekahi manaʻo nui o ke Akua, e like me: ka Mea Kiʻekiʻe, ka Mea Hana, ka Mana Loa, ka Mana Loa. Hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka mōʻī a i ʻole ka autocrat. Loaʻa iā ia nā opulences e like me ka nani, ka ikaika, ka kaulana, ka ʻike, ka mana, ka detachment, akā ma ke ʻano o Vishnu kona ʻano nui ka mana a me ka waiwai. E noʻonoʻo: he aliʻi, a pīhoihoi nā mea a pau i kona mana a me kona waiwai. Akā, he aha, a ʻo wai paha, ka tsar ponoʻī iā ia iho? ʻO kekahi wahine Lūkini mai ka lehulehu, e hoʻolohe pono ana, ua paipai ʻo ia: "ʻO ka Tsar, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoihoi ʻia e ka Tsaritsa." "Pono," i pane aku ai ka wahine a ka polopeka. “Me ka ʻole o ke aliʻi wahine, ʻaʻole hiki i ke aliʻi ke hauʻoli loa. Mālama ka mō'ī i nā mea a pau, akā mālama ʻia ka hale aliʻi e ke aliʻi wahine - Lakshmi.
A laila, nīnau au, "Pehea ʻo Krishna? Vishnu-Lakshmi - ua maopopo nā mea a pau, akā he aha ka hana a Krishna? Ua hoʻomau ka wahine a ke kaukaʻi me ka ʻole: "E noʻonoʻo ʻoe he hale noho ʻāina ko ke tsar, a he dacha paha." Ua pane au: "ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo, no ka mea, noho ka ʻohana Romanov ma Livadia ma Crimea ma ka dacha, aia pū kekahi ʻo Tsarskoye Selo." "Pono," wahi āna i pane ai me ka ʻae ʻana: "I ka wā e hoʻi ai ke aliʻi, a me kona ʻohana, nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana, i kona hale noho, ua wehe ʻia ke komo ʻana i nā elite wale nō. Ma laila ke aliʻi e hauʻoli ai i ka nani o ke ʻano, ʻaʻole pono ʻo ia i ka lei aliʻi, ʻaʻole gula, a me nā hōʻailona o ka mana, no ka mea, aia ʻo ia me kona ʻohana a me nā mea aloha, a ʻo Krishna kēia - ka Haku nāna e hīmeni a hula.
Luliluli ʻo Khmer i kona poʻo me ka ʻae ʻana, a laila ua ʻōlelo kekahi o ka poʻe hoʻolohe hoʻolohe, ka mea i komo mua i ke kamaʻilio ʻana: "No laila, ʻo nā kumu hoʻomaha ma luna o nā kaupaku he hōʻailona ia e loaʻa ana iā Vishnu kekahi honua huna i hiki ʻole i nā mea ola wale nō!" Pane maila ʻo Khmer: “Ua hauʻoli loa au i ka pane a ke kaukaʻi India, no ka mea, ʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe ʻepekema ma ʻaneʻi he poʻe ʻEulopa, a he poʻe hoʻomaloka lākou, he ʻano hoʻonaʻauao wale nō kā lākou. ʻO ka mea a Mrs. Bhattacharya i ʻōlelo mai ai iaʻu he pane ʻuhane ia. Ua pane pololei mai ka wahine a ka polopeka: “He ʻepekema hoʻi ka ʻuhane. ʻOiai i koʻu mau makahiki ʻōpio, ua loaʻa iaʻu ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka Gaudiya Math mai nā kumu ʻo Vaishnava, nā haumāna o Sri Chaitanya. He poʻe akamai loa lākou a pau i ka Sanskrit a me ka palapala hemolele, a ʻo ka hohonu o ko lākou ʻike ʻana i nā mea pili i ka ʻuhane, ua maikaʻi loa lākou a hiki i nā poʻe akamai ke lili wale. ʻĪ akula au, “ʻAʻohe kumu o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa. He poʻe ʻepekema ka poʻe ʻepekema, loaʻa iā lākou ko lākou ala ponoʻī, ʻike nā theologians a me nā mystics i ka honua ma ko lākou ala ponoʻī, ke manaʻo mau nei au e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma waena - ma waena o ka hoʻomana a me ka ʻepekema. ʻOi aku ka pili o ka ʻike mystical iaʻu. "
ʻO nā puna puna palai me ka pī
Sopa meaʻai me nā noodles laiki
Ma keia kaawale makou. Ua ʻāʻī koʻu ʻōpū i ka pōloli a makemake koke wau e ʻai i kahi mea ʻono a wela. “He hale ʻai meaʻai meaʻai ma ʻaneʻi ma kekahi wahi?” Ua nīnau au iā Sasha i ko mākou hele ʻana ma nā ala lōʻihi o Angkor Wat a hiki i ka puka nui. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sasha, ua like ka meaʻai Cambodia kuʻuna me ka meaʻai Thai, a he nui nā hale ʻaina meaʻai ma ke kūlanakauhale. A ma kahi kokoke i kēlā me kēia hale ʻaina e hāʻawi ʻia ʻoe i kahi papa ʻaina meaʻai nui: nā salakeke papaya, curry me ka laiki, nā skewers mushroom kuʻuna, sopa niu a i ʻole tom yum me nā halo, he wahi liʻiliʻi wale nō.
Ua ʻōlelo au: "Akā makemake wau i kahi hale ʻaina meaʻai maoli, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka kokoke." A laila, ʻōlelo ʻo Sasha: "He wahi kikowaena uhane liʻiliʻi ma ʻaneʻi, kahi e noho ai ʻo Vaishnavas. Hoʻolālā lākou e wehe i kahi cafe Vedic me ka meaʻai India a me ʻAsia. Kokoke loa, ma ka puka o ka luakini, huli wale ma ke alanui e hiki mai ana. "He aha, ke hana nei lākou?" Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sasha: "Ke hoʻomaka nei ka cafe, akā e hānai maoli lākou iā mākou, ʻo ia ka manawa ʻaina awakea. Manaʻo wau no ka manuahi, akā pono paha ʻoe e haʻalele i nā hāʻawi. ʻĪ akula au, “ʻAʻole oʻu manaʻo i kekahi mau kālā, inā maikaʻi ka meaʻai.”
Ua liʻiliʻi ke kikowaena, aia ka cafe ma ka papahele mua o kahi hale kaona, maʻemaʻe loa nā mea āpau, maʻemaʻe, a hiki i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe. Ma ka papahele ʻelua he hale noʻonoʻo, kū ʻo Prabhupada ma ke kuahu, ʻo Krishna i ke ʻano Cambodian kūloko, e like me ka wehewehe ʻana o nā mea hoʻokumu o ka Center iaʻu, eia nā akua like ʻole, akā, ʻaʻole like me India, he mau kūlana kino ko lākou. nā kūlana. Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe Cambodian iā lākou ma ka hana kūloko wale nō. A, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke kiʻi o Chaitanya i kāna mau ʻano ʻelima o Pancha-tattva. ʻAe, Buddha. Ua maʻa loa ka poʻe ʻAsia i ke kiʻi o ka Buddha, ʻoi aku, ʻo ia kekahi o nā avatars o Vishnu. Ma keʻano laulā, he ʻano hodgepodge hui ʻia, akā hiki ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia e nā Cambodian a me nā mea hahai i ka moʻomeheu Vaishnava.
A me ka meaʻai hoʻi, ua maopopo a maikaʻi loa nā mea a pau. Hoʻokele ʻia ke kikowaena e kahi ʻelemakule Kanada i noho ma India no nā makahiki he nui a me nā moeʻuhane e hoʻōla hou i ka moʻomeheu Vedic ma Cambodia. Ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi ʻana, ʻelua mau novice Hindu Malaysian, nā kāne haʻahaʻa loa, he kaiāulu mahiʻai a me kahi mahiʻai ma ʻaneʻi. Ma ka mahiʻai, ulu lākou i nā mea kanu kūlohelohe e like me nā ʻenehana kahiko, a hāʻawi mua ʻia nā meaʻai āpau i nā akua, a laila hāʻawi ʻia i nā malihini. Ma keʻano laulā, he hale ʻaina mini temple. ʻO mākou kekahi o nā malihini mua, a, ma ke ʻano he mea kākau moʻolelo no Vegetarian magazine, ua hāʻawi ʻia mākou i kahi hanohano kūikawā. Ua hele pū mai ka polopeka a me kāna wahine me mākou, he mau wahine mai ka hui Lūkini, hoʻoneʻe mākou i nā papaʻaina, a hoʻomaka lākou e lawe mai i nā meaʻai na mākou, kēlā me kēia.
salakeke pua maiʻa
ʻAi ʻai me ka cashews
ʻO ka mua he papaya, ʻukena a me ka hua salakeke i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka wai hua waina a me nā mea ʻala, kahi i hana ai i kahi manaʻo kūikawā - he ʻano kīʻaha semi-sweet maka, ʻono loa a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ola kino. A laila, hāʻawi ʻia mai iā mākou ka dal Indian maoli me nā ʻōmato, ʻono iki i ka ʻono. Ua ʻakaʻaka ka poʻe hoʻokipa a ʻōlelo mai, "He mea ʻai kēia mai ka luakini ʻo Jagannath kahiko." "ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻono loa," manaʻo wau, he ʻono iki wale nō. I ka ʻike ʻana i nā kānalua ma koʻu mau maka, ua heluhelu ka ʻelemakule i kahi paukū mai ka Bhagavad Gita: "ʻO ka meaʻai i ke ʻano o ka maikaʻi e ʻono, ʻaila, hou a ʻono." "ʻAʻole au e hoʻopaʻapaʻa me ʻoe," wahi aʻu, me ka ʻai ʻana i kaʻu pā dal a me ke noi ʻana i ka mea hoʻohui me koʻu mau maka.
Akā, pane ʻoʻoleʻa mai ka ʻelemakule: “Eha mau kīʻaha hou e kali mai nei iā ʻoe.” Ua ʻike au he pono ʻoe e hoʻomanawanui me ka haʻahaʻa a kali. A laila lawe mai lākou i ka tofu i kālua ʻia me nā hua sesame, soy sauce, cream a me nā mea kanu. A laila ʻo ka ʻuala me ka ʻuala like me ka horseradish maikaʻi loa, aʻu i ʻike ai ma hope he pickled ginger. Hele mai ka laiki me nā pōpopo niu, nā hua lotus i loko o ka ʻuala ʻono, a me ka keke kāloti. A i ka hopena, hoʻomoʻa ʻia ka laiki ʻono i ka waiū kālua me ke kāleka. Ua ʻoluʻolu ʻo Cardamom i ke alelo, ʻo nā mea nona ka ʻakaʻaka, ʻōlelo ka cardamom i ke kino i ka wā wela. Ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia nā mea a pau e like me nā kānāwai kahiko o Ayurveda, a ua waiho kēlā me kēia kīʻaha i kahi ʻono a me ka ʻala, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka mea ma mua. Ua holoi ʻia kēia mau mea a pau me kahi inu saffron-lemon me kahi ʻono liʻiliʻi o ke kinamona. Me he mea lā aia mākou i loko o ka māla o nā manaʻo ʻelima, a ʻo nā ʻala momona o nā mea ʻala i hana i nā kīʻaha exotic i mea maoli ʻole, kilokilo, e like me ka moeʻuhane.
ʻO nā halo ʻeleʻele palai me ka tofu a me ka laiki
Ma hope o ka ʻaina ahiahi, ua hoʻomaka kekahi leʻaleʻa kupaianaha. Poha mākou a pau i ka ʻakaʻaka lōʻihi, ʻakaʻaka pau ʻole no ʻelima mau minuke, e nānā ana kekahi i kekahi. Ua ʻakaʻaka mākou i nā pepeiao nui a me nā makaʻala o ka poʻe India; akaaka mai paha ka poe Hinedu ia makou; ʻakaʻaka ka Kanaka i ko mākou mahalo i ka ʻaina ahiahi; Ua ʻakaʻaka ʻo Sasha no ka mea, ua hoʻokō maikaʻi ʻo ia iā mākou i kēia cafe. Ma hope o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hāʻawi manawaleʻa, ʻakaʻaka mākou no ka manawa lōʻihi, me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i kēia lā. Hoʻi i ka hōkele, mālama mākou i kahi hālāwai pōkole, hoʻonohonoho i ka pana ʻana no ka hāʻule ʻana a ʻike mākou he pono mākou e hoʻi mai i ʻaneʻi, a no ka manawa lōʻihi.