The Gita according to Gandhi 120

The Gita according to Gandhi -Mahadev Desai

The Gunas The body, so long as it is there, will exact its toll of conscious existence, activity and sleep, the gunatita will pay the toll unmoved and undisturbed by them. He will thus be naturally indifferent o pleasure and pain, respect or disrespect. He will look with an equal eye on friend and foe, he will have no castles to build in the air but do what comes to his lot. The secret to reach this state is exclusive and "unfornicating" devotion to the Lord. Such an one passes beyond the gunas and becomes one with Brahman for the Lord is the image of Brahman, eternal law and endless bliss. The goal is to transcend the three gunas, but it is not reached unless we strive to reach upward from tamas to sattva. In the seventeenth and eighteenth discourse we shall see that all sattvika activity is selfless activity, all rajasa activity is selfish, and all tamasa activity is ignorant and blind. Every aspirant has to reach from inertia or blindness to supreme luminous selflessness. But there is a stage beyond even that. The Gita simply indicates it but later commentators have explained it in detail.