| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| ANOTHER SUPPLEMENT : PROGRAMME FOR THE SEEKER |
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the air in this room and the unbounded atmosphere without, there is
neither difference nor conflict. If I imagine that there is conflict
and shut the doors and windows, I shall only be suffocated to death.
If assuming that there is no conflict, I throw open the room the
boundless air flows into it. The moment I cut off my land and my
house from those of others, that very moment I am cheated of
infinite wealth.
If this one little house of mine is burnt down or collapses, I think that all is lost, I cry and beat my breast. But why should I do so? Why weep and lament? Why form a narrow conception at first and then cry? When I say that this five hundred rupees is mine, I forfeit the infinite riches of Creation. When I think that these two are my brothers, all other countless brothers in the world are cut off from me. We do not think of this. Look how small and narrow a man makes himself. In truth, svaartha should be paramaartha, one's own good should be supreme good. The Gita shows such an easy and beautiful way, by which the highest co-operation and harmony can develop between the individual and society. 22. What opposition is there between the tongue and the stomach? We should give to the tongue the amount of food the stomach needs. When the stomach says enough, one should stop feeding the tongue. |
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