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About Akilesh Ayyar
以下的內容不代表阿基萊什·艾耶本人立場。
None of the following statements or translations have been approved by Akilesh Ayyar.
阿基萊什·艾耶是印度裔美國人，亦是傳授印度教「吠檀多不二論」的開悟聖者。
Akilesh Ayyar is an enlightened sage and teacher of the “Advaita Vedanta" school of Hindu Mysticism.
阿基萊什所傳授的教法是以20世紀聖者「薄伽梵」拉瑪那·馬哈希的教法為核心，當然也是根據他本人實修經驗。
Akilesh’s teachings are based on the path of spiritual practice taught by 20th century sage “Bhagavan" Sri Ramana Maharshi, as well as, of course, his own experience in practice.
在2017年，經過20年的修行與學習，以及長達1年、應用於繁忙居士生活中的每分每秒集中「自我探究」和「臣服」實修後，阿基萊什得了究竟覺悟（「證得究竟佛果」）。
In 2017, after 20 years of spiritual search and 1 year of every-waking-moment concentration alternating between “self-inquiry" and “surrender" amidst the challenges of householder life, Akilesh achieved final liberation, or enlightenment.
雖然兩位聖者都是印度教出身的，但是他們的教法不侷限於任何宗教信仰的框架。
Though both Akilesh and Bhagavan come from Hindu backgrounds, their teachings are for everyone, and know no religious boundaries.
阿基萊什擁有哈佛法學院法律博士學位、卡内基·梅隆大學碩士學位以及紐約市立大學的碩士學位。
Akilesh Ayyar has a J.D. from Harvard Law School, as well as Masters degrees from Carnegie-Mellon University and the City University of New York respectively.
補充說明
Additional Notes
「阿基萊什·艾耶」不是法名或佛號，而是阿基萊什出生姓名。
Akilesh Ayyar isn’t a title, but Akilesh’s actual birth name.
「阿基萊什」（अखिलेश）可以分成兩個梵語單詞：「阿基勒」（अखिलेश），中譯為「圓滿」；以及「艾什」，中譯為「神」。
According to Wiktionary, Akilesh (Sanskrit: अखिलेश) is made up of two parts: the word “akhil" (अखिल) meaning “complete" and the word “īś" (ईश) meaning “god.” There are multiple romanized spellings.
「艾耶」則是印度「種姓制度」中某種婆羅門（祭司）「種姓」。
According to Wiktionary, Ayyar (Sanskrit: अय्यर), also written Iyer, is a Tamil loan word and surname for a caste of Hindu brahmins.
