| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| CONTROLLING THE MIND |
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mind is fixed on nothing, or on too many things. Nowhere do we see
one-pointedness. What a slave to the senses is man! Once, someone
asked, "Why is it said that the eyes should be half-open and
half-shut?" I said, "The answer is easy. If you shut the
eyes completely, you fall asleep. If you keep them fully open, they
turn on all sides and prevent concentration. The sleep that comes to
closed eyes is tamas. The manifold activity of wide-open eyes
is rajas.
Therefore, the intermediate state is
prescribed." 11. All day long we are engaged in activities. What is the purpose of thus day-long labor? "The purpose of all my effort?All this running about, this endless effort and toil, is it not because we want our final day on earth to be happy? All the bitter sufferings of our life, what are they for? To make the last moment, the moment of death, holy. Evening comes at the end of the day. If we have done all the work of the day with the pure heart, the evening prayer is sweet. If the last moment of the day is sweet, the day's work has found its reward. Then the mind easily becomes one-pointed. |
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