| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| THE TEACHING IN BRIEF : SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND EQUANIMITY |
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would be mere attachment. Pundalik was not caught up in any such
attachment to a form. He thought to himself: "This form that
God has taken when he stands before me, is God only this? Was
creation a corpse before He appeared in this form?" He said to
God, "Lord, you have come yourself to bless me with this
vision. This I understand. But I believe in the doctrine of 'AND
ALSO'. I cannot accept that you alone are God. To me, you are God,
AND my parents too are God.
Since I am engaged in their service, I am unable to give you my attention. Please forgive me." So he pushed towards the Lord a brick for him to stand on, and became absorbed again in his service to his parents. Tukaram has taken up this occasion and with great enthusiasm and wonder. "What mad love is this, that kept Vitthal waiting.18. This doctrine of "AND" which Pundalik applied is part of the technique used for renunciation of fruit. If the absorption in work (karma-samadhi) of the man who has renounced the fruit of action is deep, his outlook on life (vritti) is broad, inclusive and balanced. For this reason, he never falls into the tangle of conflicting philosophies, nor does he let go his own principle. He does not raise controversies like those the Gita talks of "Naanyada-stiiti vaadinah" - "Those who say that nothing else is," and "Only this exists - there is no other." On the other hand, his humble but firm attitude is "This is true, AND that too is true. But for me, this is true."
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