| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| CONCLUSION - THE FULFILLMENT OF FRUIT - THE GRACE OF THE LORD |
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cannot cross the bounds set by nature. The very effort to do so is
false. The 'you-ness' in you, you cannot give up. This is the basis
of varna-dharma. The idea behind varna-dharma is very
beautiful. Is varna-dharma absolutely unchangeable? Is the brahmanhood
of the brahmin, the kshatriyahood of the kshatriya,
like the goat-ness of the goat or the cow-ness of the cow?
I accept the varna-dharma is not as inflexible as that; but we should understand its hidden meaning. When the term 'varna-dharma' is used for a device to maintain a social order, it must necessarily admit of exceptions. We have to accept these exceptions. The Gita too does so. In other words, understanding aright both these kinds of dharma, we should push away from us any other dharma, however beautiful and alluring it may be.
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