| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| THE VISION OF THE COSMIC FORM |
| This is not mere imagination, it is a
matter of direct experience. What there is in the cosmic form, all of it
is contained in a little image, in a grain of sand. In that lump of clay is
everything - the mango, the banana, wheat, gold, copper and silver. All
the world is in that grain of sand. Just as an actor in a small troupe
appears again and again on the stage taking different roles, the Lord appears in the
universe.
Like a playwright who writes his own play and himself takes all the parts in it, the Lord produces a play without end, and Himself acts playing the parts of countless characters on His stage. If we understand one chapter in this infinite drama, we shall understand them all. 8. The basic of image-worship is the same as that of metaphors and similes in poetry. When we see a circle or a sphere we are filled with joy, for there is an order, a shapeliness in it. This shapeliness is a divine quality. The Lord's creation is beautiful in all its parts and relations. There is perfect harmony in it. The sphere is an image of the shapeliness of the Lord. But even so is the twisted tree in the undergrowth of the forest. There is in it the freedom of the Lord. This tree knows no bondage. Who can bind the Lord? |
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