| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| BHAKTI : SAGUNA AND NIRGUNA |
| Tell me which of them is
dearer to you." Like the mother in the story, Krishna too says, "The saguna
bhakta, is dear to me. But the other bhakta, the advaiti, is also dear to
me." The Lord too is in a dilemma - He gives some sort of an answer.
6. And as a matter of fact, the two bhaktas are very much alike in every way. Their claims are equal.
To judge between them is to attempt something improper and impossible.
As Arjuna questioned the Lord about karma in the Fifth Chapter, so he questions Him about bhakti here. In the Fifth Chapter, it is said that, with the help of karma and vikarma man attains the state of akarma. This state of akarma appears in two forms - while in one, a man acts day and night and yet does nothing, in the other, though he seems to do nothing all the twenty-four hours of the day, he turns the world upside down. Akarma appears a segment of a circle with that of another. But how can we compare two segments of the same circle? Both have the same shape and properties - they have the same form. But in describing the basis of akarma, the Lord calls the one sannyaasa and the other karma-yoga. Though the names are different, the substance is the same. In the end, the choice is left to be decided according as which is easier and more accessible. |
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