| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| CONTEMPLATION OF THE DIVINE GLORY |
| Some grown-up people who
observed the saint, romping with the children were surprised. One of
them asked, "What has come over you to-day?" Samartha answered. "Those who remained young became great, Those who grew up became great rogues." As one grows up one sprouts horns, one develops self-will. Then one never thinks of God. The hearts of little children are unspoilt, their minds pure. We say to a child, "Don't tell lies." He asks, "What is a lie?" Then we expound to him the doctrine that statement must correspond to fact. The boy is puzzled and begins to wonder whether there is another way of speaking than saying what is. How can one say what is not? This is like telling one to call a square a square and not a circle. All this only surprises the child. What are children? Images of purity, of God-head. Grown-ups teach them all wrong. The truth is : if we cannot see the Lord in mother, father, teacher, saint and child, in what other form can we see Him? There is no nobler form of God than these. Learn first these gentle and familiar forms of the Lord. In these the Lord is written in bold, clear letters.
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