| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| THE YOGA OF COMPLETENESS - SEEING THE LORD EVERYWHERE |
| 7. But it does not follow that there is no special quality in bhakti. When the principle of bhakti enters into any
action, it is only then that it appears easy, "To appear easy" does not mean that there will be no
difficulty. It only means that the difficulty will seem not a difficulty, but, on the contrary, a pleasure.
Thorns appear as flowers.
What is meant by saying that the way of bhakti is easy? It means that, as a
result of the attitude of bhakti the burden of action is not felt.
The hardship of action disappears. No matter how much work we do, we feel as if we have done no work. Jesus Christ, says "Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily, I say unto you they have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face: that thou appear not unto men to fast." The idea is that, we should be filled with bhakti, so absorbed in it, that we do not feel the hardship. Do we not say that a patriot walked smiling to the
gallow? Sudhanva smiled in the cauldron of boiling oil, while his lips uttered the names of Krishna, Vishnu, Hari, Govinda. It only means that, because of the power of bhakti,
one does not feel even the most terrible pain. It is not difficult to push a boat floating in the water; but how hard
to drag the same boat on land, on rocks? If there is water under the boat, we can cross over to the other shore |
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