| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| THE GUNAS - BUILDING UP AND BREAKING DOWN |
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the same way we develop an attachment to sattva-guna. Take, for
example, kindness to all creatures. Though this is a useful quality,
we should be able to keep away even from this attachment; we should
have kindness, but not attachment to kindness. It is through this sattva-guna that
saints show the way clearly to mankind. Because of their compassion, their
bodies become the common possession of all. As flies cover the lump of jaggery, all
the world wraps the saint in affection.
There is so much love in the heart of the saint that the whole world begins to love him. The saint gives up attachment to his body, and therefore, the whole world becomes attached to it and cares for it. But even from this attachment the saint must free himself. The world's love, this great fruit even from this he should keep the Self separate. He should never feel that he is special or unique. In this way, sattva-guna should be digested and disposed of in the body. 25. Conquer egoism first, and then attachment. Egoism is conquered by constancy in sattva, attachment is conquered by giving up desire for results, and dedicating to the Lord even the fruit attained through sattva-guna.
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