| 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 |
What
a difference between the dainty popcorn, white and soft, and the
hard grain! But there is no doubt that the one has become the other,
and the change is due to the fire. Likewise, if you grind this hard
grain in mill, it becomes soft flour. As contact with fire makes it
flowerlike, and grinding in the mill makes it into soft flour, so
even the smallest actions are transformed when they are passed
through the process of dedication to God. By this bhavana, the
feeling, their value is raised. Do not despise the common gudel
flower, the bel leaf, the tender tulasi leaf and dub grass -
Associate everything with the Lord, and then taste it afresh. Where is the spice to equal Rama? Add this divine masala (sauce) to everything you do, so it will become beautiful and tasty. 27. During the evening worship at the temple, when the smoke of incense rises, lamps are lit, and the burning camphor is waved before the image, we feel indeed the presence of the Lord before our eyes. All day He is awake, and now it is time for Him to go to sleep. The devotees put Him to sleep with the lullaby -
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