I love that Old man so much.. Whenever I approach him with some confusions , he offers a very great explanation and console me I have a constant habit to go to him seeking his learned guidance Past two days ., I got confused over an aspect , specific mention to an INTENTION This afternoon, thinking over the same , caused my Blood Pressure becoming erratic. I could not focus on anything.. I tired sleeping .. but could not.. I got gripped with severe head ache I tried focusing on Official things which I marked as pending tasks No use.. head ache did not come down " Oh I did not approach the old man.. let me go to him now" Listening to my words, with a smile he asked me to read two letters "what is this" "just read these two letters.. you will get the answer" First was the letter written by one ( he was also NO ORDINARY MAN) on 16th Jan 1920 Politics is a game of worldly people and not of sadhus, and instead of the maxim as preached by Buddha, I prefer to rely on the maxim of Shri Krishna . That explains the whole difference and also the meaning of my phrase ‘responsive co-operation’. Both methods are equally honest and righteous but the one is more suited to this world than the other. Any further explanation about the difference will be found in my Gita Rahasya.” THE SECOND ONE IS THE REPLY DATED 20-JAN-1920 OF MY OLD MAN I naturally feel the greatest diffidence about joining issue with the Lokamanya in matters involving questions of interpretation of religious work. But there are things in or about which instinct transcends even interpretation. For me there is no conflict between the two texts quoted by the Lokamanya. The Buddhist text lays down an eternal principle. The text from the Bhagavad Gita shows to me how the principle of conquering hate by love, untruth by truth, can and must be applied. If it be true that God metes out the same measure tous that we mete out to others, it follows that if we would escape condign punishment, we may not return anger but gentleness even against anger. And this is the law not for the unworldly but essentially for the worldly. With deference to the Lokamanya, I venture to say that it betrays mental laziness to think that the world is not for sadhus.The epitome of all religions is to promote purushartha, and purushartha is nothing but a desperate attempt to become sadhu, i.e.,to become a gentleman in every sense of the term ---- the first letter was written by a man known as Bal Gangadhar Tilak and the man whom I describe as Old man is known as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi I just got my Blood Pressure to normal level ., just taken few minutes gap to write this here and would continue to talk to the Old Man
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:10:59 +0000
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