| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| PRAPATTI OR SURRENDER TO GOD |
The sublime vision of bhakti1. Brothers, when Arjuna faced the problem of maintaining his svadharma, his mind was perplexed by the illusion of "mine" and "not mine," and he began to seek ways to escape his svadharma. This futile illusion of his was shown in the First Chapter. The Second Chapter set out to remove this illusion. That the soul is indestructible and all-pervading, that the body is transient, and that one should never give up one's svadharma - these three principles were stated there.The method of realizing these principles was also taught; this technique is the renunciation of the fruits of action. In explaining this karma-yoga, three things - karma, vikarma and akarma - emerged. In the fifth chapter, we saw the two aspects of akarma produced by the union of karma and vikarma. From the Sixth Chapter was explained the importance of one pointedness for the sadhaka, the seeker. Today we deal with the Seventh Chapter. This Chapter, one might say, opens out a beautiful new mansion of vikarma. As one reads the Gita, one gets the impression of being in the temple of Nature, of walking through a mighty forest, seeing many beautiful sights. In the Sixth Chapter we dwelt in the mansion of one-pointedness; now we shall enter another mansion. |
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