| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| THE YOGA OF COMPLETENESS - SEEING THE LORD EVERYWHERE |
| 2. The way of bhakti, however, is not different from the way of effort. To show this, at the very beginning of the
Fifteenth Chapter, the world is compared to a mighty tree. This tree has huge branches nourished by the three
gunas. It is said right at the beginning that this tree is to be cut down with the axe of
desirelessness and detachment. It is clear that the discipline described in the previous Chapter is gone over again in the beginning
of this.
By eliminating rajas and tamas, and nourishing sattva, we should develop ourselves. One is destructive work, the other constructive. Both together form a single path. Removing weeds and sowing seeds are two parts of the same job. 3. Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana are three brothers in the Ramayana, Kumbhakarna is tamas, Ravana is rajas, Vibhishana is sattva. The Ramayana of these three is built into our body. And in this Ramaayana too, Ravana and Kumbhakarna are destined to destruction. What remains in the Vibhishana-principle. And if it takes refuge in the feet of the Lord, it can give you strength and lead you to the goal. And therefore, we should make it our own. This we have understood in the Fourteenth Chapter. But it is repeated in the beginning of the Fifteenth Chapter. By the axe of non-attachment, cut off the world of sattva, rajas and tamas. Control rajas and tamas. Develop sattva and become pure. Conquer even the attachment to sattva and remain free. The Gita is here placing before us the ideal of the lotus flowers. |
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