| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| THE KINGLY ART OF SERVICE TO HUMANITY - THE YOGA OF DEDICATION |
Knowledge through direct experience1. These talks of mine are not meant to each others. No doubt, those who want to profit from them may surely do so. For my part, when I talk on the Gita, I regard it - as Ramanaama. As I go on speaking, it is to me the same experience as uttering the names of God.2. Between what I have been saying now and the Ninth Chapter there is a close connection. In this Chapter is described the rare power of the name of God. This chapter is placed at the center of the Gita, as the Gita itself is at the center of the Mahabharata. For many reasons, this Chapter has been considered holy. It is said Jnandev, in his final samadhi (trance), recited this Chapter and breathed his last. At the very thought of this Chapter, tears come to my eyes, and my heart is full. How great is the gift, Vyasadeva has given to us! This is his gift not to India alone, but to all mankind. What the Lord taught to Arjuna could not be expressed in words. But Vyasa, moved by compassion, put it into Sanskrit speech; he clothed in words the ineffable secret.
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