| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| CONTROLLING THE MIND |
| Lokamanya
Tilak has drawn our attention to this in his Gita Rahasya. I
whole-heartedly endorse his view that the Gita is a scripture
intended for ordinary men, living their daily lives in the world.
The Bhagavad Gita is for the whole world. All the spiritual
practices are for every man in the world. Paramartha, the
higher knowledge, teaches us how, by keeping our lives pure, we can
attain equilibrium and peace of mind. The Gita tells us how our
lives can be kept pure. It comes to your help wherever you are doing
something.
But it is not content with leaving you just there; it takes you by the hand and leads you right to the goal. Don't we know the famous saying, "If the mountain does not come to Muhammad, Muhammad will go to the mountain"? Muhammad wishes that his message should reach even the lifeless mountain. Indeed, because the mountain is lifeless, Muhammad would not expect the mountain to walk up to him. The same is true with the Gita. It is prepared to go to the lowest, the weakest, the least cultured of men. And it goes to him not to keep him where he is, but to grasp him by the hand and lift him up. The Gita wishes that man should make his actions pure, and attain the highest state. That is why the Gita is there. |
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