| 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 |
"Sweetly sleep, my Gopala my sweet one, sleep."A sceptic asks, "Does your God sleep too?" My dear man, what does the God not do? If the Lord does not sleep and wake, can the stone then sleep and wake? My friend, it is the Lord that sleeps and wakes, it is He that eats and drinks. As the day dawns, Tulasidas wakes the Lord, sings and prays to the Lord. Tulasidas looks on all his brothers and sisters, all the men and women in the world, as Ramachandra Himself and says to them, "My Ramas, my kings arise." What a beautiful idea! For a contrast, let us take a hostel where they wake up the boys, shouting, "Get up, you sleepy-heads." Is this rude shouting in harmony with the auspicious morning hours? Young Rama is asleep in Vishwamitra's ashram. And this is how, according to Valmiki, the teacher awakens the pupil. "Raama iti madhuraam
vaaniim visvaamitra abbyabhaashata Thus, in a sweet voice, Vishvamitra says, "Rama, my child, the sky is brightening in the east, get up, O tiger among men." What a difference between the ashrama and the modern hostel? |
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