| 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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looked at from the point of view of identity with the universe, it
will seen that, though the sins and the virtues of the three worlds
are his, he is not touched by them for he has taken off this
close-fitting garment of the body and thrown it away. It is only
when we remove and cast away this transient body that the universal
form comes to us.
30. Besides a state of being and a state of action, a third state also belongs to the seer. That is the state of awareness. In this state he does not bear with either sin or virtue. He flings everything aside. He is ready to set fire to the whole universe. He is not prepared to take the responsibility for any action. He cannot bear even the touch of it. In the jnani's state of freedom, when he has reached the end of sadhana, these three states become possible. 31. How is one to attain this state of inactivity, the final state? We have to train ourselves not to take upon our heads the responsibility for the actions we perform, the burden of doership. We should keep reflecting, "I am only the occasion; I am not the doer of the deed." We should, with humility, take up the stand that we are not the doer of action. But it cannot be said that with this alone all sense of doership will leave us. Little by little, this bhaavanaa will grow.
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