| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| CONCLUSION - THE FULFILLMENT OF FRUIT - THE GRACE OF THE LORD |
| 22. When we reach the ultimate bounds of sadhana,
fulfillment stands there, waiting for us with folded hands. If a man
who wants to reach home, stands under a tree in the forest chanting
"Home, Home," - home will remain as far away from him as
ever, while he will have to remain in the forest. If I think of home
and take rest by the way, I shall stay far away from that ultimate
place of rest. I should keep steadily at the job of walking.
It is
only then that home will, all of a sudden, come and confront me. By
lazily thinking of moksha, my effort, my sadhana,
becomes lax, and the goal recedes. Not to bother about moksha,
but to remain absorbed in sadhana, is the way to bring moksha
near. Do not hanker for rest, for the state of inaction. If you love
sadhana for its own sake, moksha is sure to come. When the process is complete, the answer is found. How can we reach the end before the completion of the process? How can we get the answer without the method? How can the state of realization be reached while yet one is in the state of seeking? When one is struggling in the water, what is the use of dreaming of the pleasures and the safety of the shore beyond? Then all one's attention should be directed, all one's energy be applied, to pushing forward, stroke by stroke. First complete the sadhana, the process. Cross the sea. Freedom will come of itself. |
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