| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| CONCLUSION - THE FULFILLMENT OF FRUIT - THE GRACE OF THE LORD |
The true way of freeing oneself from activity7. Now the question is, "If there is defect in all actions, then why should we not give them up all?" The answer to this has already been given once. The concept of giving up all actions is very beautiful. The thought of it fascinates one. But how is one to give up these countless actions? Will the method of giving up rajasik and tamasik actions serve for saattvik actions too?How to save oneself from those sattvik actions that are defective? This would be like 'sendraaya taakshakaaya svaahaa,' 'offering an oblation of Takshaka with Indra.' The funny thing is that when a man does this, not only does Indra, the immortal, not die, but Takshaka, the mortal, escapes death and grows stronger. In saattvik action there is merit, but a little defect. But if, because there is some evil mixed up with the good, you would offer up, renounce the good along with the evil, not only will the good, because of its strength, not perish, but evil will certainly go on increasing. By this foolish kind to mixed
sacrifice, the Indra of merit does not indeed perish, but the Takshaka
of evil, though mortal will escape death. How then are we to
renounce them? If we drive away the cat because it is a nuisance,
the nuisance of the mice will increase. If we destroy the snakes
because they do harm, other creatures multiply and destroy the crops
and, as a result, thousands of people may die. Therefore,
renunciation must be accompanied with discrimination. |
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