Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave 
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Discourses On Gita
THE SELF AND THE NON-SELF
 
28. Hereafter, one must give up making samkalpa, forming resolutions. There are three stages in action. First we make a resolve, then we act, and finally the fruit comes to us. The fruit that through the grace of the Lord came from the action, even that has been given over to the Lord. He who does the action is the Lord. He who tastes the fruit is the Lord. Now, let the resolve too be made by the Lord. In this way let the beginning, the middle and the end of action be filled with the Lord. 

Jnanadev says, "The water flows without demur wherever the
gardener turns it. Let us be like this water always." The water nourishes the flower plant or the fruit tree at the biddings of the gardener. In the same way, let the Lord decide what action should take place through my hands. Let me entrust to Him the responsibility for all the resolves of my mind. When I have put all my weight on the horse, why carry a few things on my head? Why not put them too on the horse's back? 

Even if I carry on my head, does not the horse that cries me carry that burden too? Why not then put all the weight on the horse's
back? In this way, all the agitations, the dance and the play of life, all the growth, becomes in the end of the
Lord's own. He becomes indeed the maheshvara, the Great Lord, of my life. Growing in this way, all one's life is filled with God. 

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About The Self And The Non - Self
Distinguishing between...Pg1
Distinguishing between...Pg2
Distinguishing between...Pg3
The fundamentals.Pg1
The fundamentals.Pg2
The fundamentals.Pg3
The fundamentals.Pg4

Attachment to the body....Pg1

Attachment to the body....Pg2
Attachment to the body....Pg3
That thou art.Pg1
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An end to tyranny.Pg1
An end to tyranny.Pg2
Faith in the power of the....
Progressive Realization...Pg1
Progressive Realization...Pg2
Progressive Realization...Pg3
Progressive Realization...Pg4
Progressive Realization...Pg5
Progressive Realization...Pg6
Humility, sincerity....Pg1
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Humility, sincerity....Pg3