| 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 sweetness of the Name and the art of living are not different.
There is harmony between the sound of the Name within and the
practice of the art of life without. The yogi and the bhakta
are both one. When we surrender our action to the Lord, svaartha,
paraartha and paramaartha - one's own good, other's good
and supreme good - all become one. 'You' and 'I', at first so much
apart should be made one.
'You' and 'I' together make up 'We'. Now 'We' and "He" must be brought together. First I must achieve oneness with this creation, and then oneness with the Lord. It is this idea that is conveyed by the mantra 'om tat sat.' 24. The names of God are countless. Vyasa has made the 'Vishnusahasranaama,' 'The Thousand Names of Vishnu,' out of them. All the names that we can think of are His. Whatever name springs in our mind, let us see its meaning in Creation, and shape our life in accordance with it. Seeing in Creation that name of the Lord which shines in our heart, let us fashion ourselves in its image. I call this the 'tripadda gaayatri', the mantra with three feet. Let us take the name, 'dayaamaya,' 'All Compassionate.' We should walk in the light of the knowledge that He is indeed the All-Compassionate, 'rahim'. Now let us open our eyes and see in Creation this Lord, the Ocean of Compassion. The Lord gives to every child a mother to serve it, and air for it to breathe. Seeing this scheme of Compassion in the universe, let us fill our own lives with compassion. The Gita gives the name of Lord which was most current in the age. That is 'om tat sat.' |
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