The Gita according to Gandhi 250

The Gita according to Gandhi -Mahadev Desai

DISCOURCE 4 The restraint of the senses hearing and others is one thing; and directing them only to legitimate objects, e.g. listening to hymns in the praise of god, is another, although ultimately both amount to the same thing. 27. Others again sacrifice all the activities of the senses and of the vital energy in the yogic fire of self-control kindled by knowledge. That is to say, they lose themselves in the contemplation of the Supreme. 28. Some sacrifice with material gifts; with austerities; with yoga; some with the acquiring and some with the imparting of knowledge. All these are sacrifices of stern vows and serious endeavour. 29. Others absorbed in the practices of the control of the vital energy sacrifice the outward in the inward and the inward in the outward, or check the flow of both the inward and the outward vital airs.