| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| BHAKTI : SAGUNA AND NIRGUNA |
| All the senses should
be filled with the Lord. Whether those around us are lamenting loudly or praising the Lord, whether
they are weaving webs of vaasanaas, or are saints free from desire, whether it is night or day, the
practice of constancy throughout life in order that at the moment of
death the Lord may stand in front of us - this is taught in the Eighth
Chapter.
In the Sixth Chapter, ekagrataa, one pointedness; in the Seventh Chapter, ekagrataa towards the Lord, which is prapatti or surrender; in the Eighth Chapter, saatatya or constancy, an in the Ninth Chapter, samarpana or perfect dedicati n and service -these are described. In the Tenth Chapter, the order of progression the successive stages are described - how to proceed step by step, how to receive in the image of the Lord in one's heart, how gradually to realize the Supreme Being who pervades all things from the little ant to Brahmadeva. The Eleventh Chapter describes samagrataa, cosmic awareness. It is the vision of the cosmic form that I call samagrataa-yoga. The vision of the cosmic form is to experience all creation in a grain of sand. This is the viraat darshan. Thus, between the Sixth and the Eleventh Chapters, bhakti rasa is passed again and again through various filters. |
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