| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| CONCLUSION - THE FULFILLMENT OF FRUIT - THE GRACE OF THE LORD |
Attainment is only the last stage of sadhana19. The truth is that, if you wish to attain the goal of life, then you should seek and find the chintamani, the precious jewel, of renunciation of fruit. It will show you the way. This principle of renunciation of fruit also shows us the bounds within which to act. When this light is near, what we should do, what we should not do, what we should change and when, all this becomes clear of its own accord.20. But now we shall think of something quite different. Should, or should not, the seeker keep in mind the ultimate state when all activities cease? Should the seeker keep his eyes on the state of the jnani, the seer, who does nothing, but through whom countless action take place? No. Here too we should apply the touchstone of renunciation of fruit. The shaping our lives is so beautiful that our needs will be met even without our looking for them. The noblest fruit of life is moksha, freedom. But even for that freedom, even for that state of inactivity, we should not be greedy. That state will come to us unawares, of its own accord. Sannyaasa is not the sort thing that comes at five minutes past two, all of a sudden. Sannyaasa is not something mechanical. We cannot even be conscious of the way in which it grows in our life. Therefore, give up all thought of moksha, the achievement of freedom. |
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