| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| A SUPPLEMENT - THE CONFLICT BETWEEN DIVINE AND DEMONIC TENDENCIES |
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theory of successive stages - first karma, then bhakti,
then jnana - this too I do not accept. I wish to experience
that which is karma is bhakti and jnana too.
The sweetness, the shape and the weight of a cake are not things
apart. When we put it into our mouth, we eat up its form, absorb its
weight and taste its sweetness. The three are mingled together. In
every particle of the sweet cake is found its form, its weight and
its sweetness.
It is not as if the shape alone is found in one particle, the mere weight in another, and the sweetness by itself in a third. In the same way, the spirit should pervade every action of our life - every action should be full of service, full of love and full of knowledge. Every part of life should be filled to overflowing with karma, bhakti and jnana. This is called purushottama - yoga. It is easy to say that the whole of life should be given over to the spirit, but if we begin to think of what these words mean, we shall see that, in order to render absolutely flawless service, we have to act in the confident belief that our hearts are moved by pure jnana and bhakti. Therefore, this ultimate state in which karma, bhakti and jnana are inseparably one is called purushottama-yoga. Here we reach the goal of life. |
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