| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| VIKARMA - THE KEY TO KARMA-YOGA |
| If, instead of
thinking of God, we think of things to eat and drink, the fast would be more dangerous than a feast! There is
nothing as terrible as this mental feasting as thinking about pleasures. Tantra must be accompanied by mantra,
action by meditation. Action, as such, has no value, nor mere meditation without action. The hand and the heart
must work together to render true service.
5. If the outward action is not moistened by the heart's affection then the performance of svadharma would remain barren, it would not bear the flower and the fruit of desirelessness. Suppose we are nursing a sick man. If in such service to the sick, there is no compassion, it would become dull and disgusting to us, and a burden instead of a relief to the patient. Moreover, where the heart is not engaged, egoism too would show its head. We would entertain expectations like this : "I served him today. He should serve me at my need; he should admire and praise me." Or else, we get fed up and say, "I do so much for him, and yet he keeps complaining." Sick men are usually peevish - and those who nurse them without the true spirit of service will only be disgusted. |
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