| 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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Now, what is said in the Sixteenth Chapter? Just as, before the sun
rises, its light begins to spread, so too, before the purushottama-yoga
full of karma, bhakti and jnana rises in our
lives, the dawn of good qualities shines forth. The Sixteenth
Chapter describes the light which is to shine in the perfect life.
It also describes the darkness with which it has to battle before it
emerges.
As proof of the existence of something unseen, we wish to have some visible symbol. How are we to know that service, love and knowledge have entered our life? When we have worked hard in the fields, we harvest the grain, measure it and bring it home. This Chapter indicates how in the same way we can assess our sadhana - what experiences we went through, what good qualities we acquired, what good habits we formed, how far in reality our life was made up of service. The aim of this chapter is to enable us to measure how far the art of life has developed and progressed. To this growing art of life, which waxes like the moon, the Gita gives the name of "daivi sampat," divine attainments. The opposite tendencies it calls "asuri sampat," demonic attainments. The Sixteenth Chapter describes the conflict between the divine and the demonic qualities. |
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