Ngentsimbi sifunda umthandazo kaSirin, owawunikwa kwi-IV leminyaka yiMonk Ephrem waseSiriya. Yifunde ngexesha leenkonzo. Kwakhona kuyisiko lokufunda ekhaya ngexesha lokuzila ukudla. Umthandazo uchaza ngomzabalazo ongokomoya. Imfazwe eyenzekayo phakathi komoya 'wothando nokuhlambuluka', apho umonki uphatha ngamagama athi "ndinike," kunye nomoya 'wokuphelelwa yithemba nokungaziphathi.'
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Kulo mthandazo kaSirin, kungekhona izono ezibalaseleyo ezikhankanywe, akusiyo eyona nto ibalulekileyo kwaye isasazeka. USt. Efrayim ukhankanya ukuthanda okunye, okumelela umoya omnye, owawuthabatha yonke imimoya. Kulo mthandazo unesizathu sokungaboni, ukuthetha, ukuzithemba nokuzithemba. Lo moya usehlabathini kwaye wonke umntu uhlala enetyhefu ngalo.
Umthandazo kaSirin uyandila kanje:
"Nkosi noMfundisi wesisu sam, umoya wokungaqondi, ukuphelelwa yithemba, i-lyubopraschiya kunye nentetho engathendi andiyi. Umoya wobunyulu, ukuthobeka, umonde nothando ndiphe, umkhonzi wakho. Yena, Nkosi, Nkosi, ndinike ukuba ndibone izono zam uze ungamgwebi umntakwabo, kuba uhlala uzuke ngonaphakade naphakade. Amen. "
Funda umthandazo kwinkonzo yePasika, kunye namaxesha ama-2 ekupheleni kwesevisi nganye ye-Lenten, ukususela ngoMvulo ukuya ngoLwesihlanu. Ekufundeni kokuqala, emva kwesinye sezikhalazo ezintathu, umntu kufuneka aqubude, aze athandazele kuye ngamaxesha angama-12: "Thixo, ndihlambulule, umoni," ngelixa uwenza izaphetha. Emva koko, umthandazo kaSirin uphindaphinda kwakhona kwaye omnye umnquba wasemhlabeni wenziwa.
Ekuqaleni komthandazo kukho isibheno kuThixo, kuba nguye kuphela onokukhokelela umntu ebomini obungcono. Ngamazwi, iSt. UEfrayim ucela uncedo ekupheliseni ukungabi nalutho. Ngokwezwi lesibili, isicelo senziwe kuThixo ukukunceda ukuphelisa ukuphelelwa yithemba. Kwilizwi elilandelayo, u-Efrayim ucela ukuba alahlekise umoya wobuncwane, kuba ubonakalisa kuzo zonke iindawo zobomi. Ngokwesine ukubiza, ongcwele ucela uThixo ukuba amncede ngomoya wokumhlonela. Into into yokuba ukunyanzelwa komonakalo kuyonakalisa umphefumlo womntu, okhokelela ekusabalaleni nasekuchitheni amandla.
Inkcazo yomthandazo uSirin kwisithuba:
- wam isisu ngobomi bam;
- umoya wokungazi kakuhle ngumkhwa wobuvila;
- ukuphelelwa lithemba - ukungathembeki;
- ukukhanga abanye;
- Intetho engathethiyo yindlela yokubiza amagama angenanto kunye namahlazo;
- ungandinika - ungangivumeli;
- ukuhlambuluka kukungcola nokuqonda komphefumlo;
- ukuthobeka - xa umntu engacingi ukuba ubhetele kunabanye;
- uthando - uthando lukaThixo nabanye abantu;
- Ndinike ukuba ndibone-ndivumele ndibone;
- phantsi komzalwana-omnye umntu;
- ngokuba uyabusiswa ngokuzuko.
Abaninzi bayazibuza ukuba kutheni umthandazo omncinci kule mihla yokuzila yayibaluleke kangaka kunqulo. Kwimiqolo embalwa, uSafa u-Efrayim wakwazi ukuluhlu zonke izinto ezilungileyo kunye nezingalunganga zokuguquka, kunye nokuzibandakanya komntu ngamnye. Injongo yabo eyintloko kukuzikhulula kwisifo esingavumeli ukuba sifumane indlela efanelekileyo ebomini size sisondele kuThixo. Ngaphantsi kwesi sifo kukunyaniseka kunye nobuvila . Zonke ezi mpawu azivumeli umntu ukuba aphuhlise, kwaye adibanise "phantsi", ebangela ukungathandi ukutshintsha into ebomini. Ukungazi kakuhle kuthathwa njengesiseko seengxaki zonke, kuba zichaphazela kakubi amandla okomoya. Isiqhamo sokungaziphathi kukuphelelwa yithemba, eyona yingozi enkulu emphefumlweni. Abakhanyisayo ngokomoya bathetha ukuba umntu olawulwa ngokuphelelwa lithemba akanalo ithuba lokubona into ebalulekileyo ebomini kwaye yonke into kuye
I-Typicon okanye amagama alula yomthetho ibonisa ukuba ufunde umthandazo kaEfim Sirin ekuthuleni kwakhe. Kule meko, kufuneka uphakamise izandla zakho uze uqubude phantsi kwegama ngalinye lesithathu. Ukusetyenziswa okunjalo kufana kakhulu neenkonzo ezenziwa ngabakhokheli baseYiputa eminyaka ye-4-5. Kwizithethe zeCawa yaseOrthodox yaseRussia, kuyisiko lokufunda umthandazo kaSirin ngokuvakalayo, kwaye umbingeleli wenza phambi kwabantu abathandazayo. Oku kungenxa yokuba abazalwana beentlanga abanalo ulwazi olwaneleyo. Ngexesha lokufunda kwesandla, kuphela umbingeleli umvusa. Kwiicawa zaseGrisi, umthandazo kaSirin uphinde ufunde ngokuvakalayo, kwaye ukufunda ngokuthula kuqhutyelwa kuphela kwiimonasteri.