| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| CONTROLLING THE MIND |
| Discrimination
is a priceless treasure and yet we spend it on gross matters.
"This vegetable is not well-cooked; it needs more salt."
What if it lacks a pinch of salt, brother? So much thought is spent
on a petty matter like this! We teach children within the four walls
of the school-room, because, under the trees, they would be
distracted by crows, and sparrows and would not be able to
concentrate their minds. They are only children. So long as they do
not see the birds, they concentrate their minds. We have grown big
like horses. We have even got horns. Therefore, even if we are
enclosed in a seven-walled city, our minds wander, for we go on
discussing all the trifling little things in the world. The power of
thought which can lead us to God, we are content to employ in talk
of the taste of vegetables.
Indeed, our land is a home of spiritual pursuit. Our people are looked upon as having ready wings with which to fly in the upper air. In such a land, what a pitiable state is ours? One is pained to see so much anxiety and so much discussion devoted to silly little matters. Our minds are immersed in triviality. "Sacred stories send us to sleep; |
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