| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| BHAKTI : SAGUNA AND NIRGUNA |
| With this, the science of life is complete. Then, from the Sixth
Chapter to the end of the Eleventh Chapter, a kind of inquiry into the
philosophy of bhakti engaged us. It began with ekagrataa, one -
pointedness. The Sixth Chapter describes how to make the mind one-pointed, the means to this end, and the need for it. The
Eleventh Chapter describes samagrataa, choiceless universal awareness.
We should now see how we made the long journey from ekagrataa to samagrataa. We began with one-pointedness of mind. Once concentration has been attained, one can pursue any subject. To mention a subject which I like, we can apply the concentrated mind to the study of mathematics. Assuredly, we gain much by this. But this is not the highest good we can get from concentration of mind. We cannot judge the full value of concentration by the study of mathematics. Through concentration we may achieve high success in mathematics and other branches of knowledge - but this is no true test of its value. Therefore, the Seventh Chapter tells us that it is towards the feet of the Lord that our vision must be turned. The Eighth Chapter says that we should unceasingly concentrate on the feet of the Lord - that we should try till the moment of death to keep our eyes and ears, our speech, absorbed in them. All our senses should be thus trained - "The senses are now at home here; except through this awareness, they see nothing." |
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