| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| THE SELF AND THE NON-SELF |
| When we are unable to purify the mind and cry helplessly, "My life is in your hands, Oh
Lord; save me!" or pray, "You are my sole helper, I need your support." how can He, who is all compassion,
stand aside? The Lord, the helper of the devotee, He who makes perfect all that is incomplete, comes running to us. Then he washes hides for Raidas, sells meat for the butcher Sajan, weaves cloth for Kabir, and grinds at the stone with Janabai. 27. The next stage is to dedicate to the Lord even the fruit of action, which we receive by His grace. At this
stage, the jiva says to the Lord, "The fruit is yours, enjoy it." Naamadev sat down obstinately insisting, "Lord,
you have to drink this milk." What a lovely situation! The milk which is the result of all action, he dedicates to the Then Dharmaraaj renounced in one instant all the merits he had accumulated in a lifetime - the right to heaven. In the same way, the bhakta gives over to the Lord all the fruits of action. The Lord who was upadrashtaa, anumantaa, bhartaa, has now become the bhoktaa, the enjoyer. The jiva has now reached the state when, through his body, the Lord enjoys pleasure. |
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