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The story of a saint

Vinoba Bhave,( विनोबा भावे ), born Vinayak Narahari Bhave (September 11, 1895 – November 15, 1982) often called Acharya (In Sanskrit means teacher), was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. He is best known for Bhoodan Andolan. He is considered as a National Teacher of India and the spiritual successor of Mahatma Gandhi.^[1] He is one of the most notable figures in modern Indian history.

Vinoba bhave is one of my favorite topic in English because of his saying ” to give away land in charity is like sharing one’s body with others.”

This story is about a man who loved other men so much that he inspired an equal love among the people he met. The author brings out a noble solution to one of our social problems.

He was born in Gagode Village in Colaba District of Mumbai State, Maharashtra on September 11, 1895 into a pious family of the Chitpavan Brahmin clan. He was brought-up in Baroda. He was highly inspired after reading the Bhagavad Gita, Mahabharat, Ramayan at a very early age. His father, Naraharishumbhurao Bhave was a devout Hindu and his mother, Raghumaayi Devi who died in 1918, was a great influence on him. In his memoir, Bhave states that, “there is nothing to equal the part my mother played in shaping my mind”. Specifically, his devotion and spirituality.

His two brothers, Balkoba Bhave and Shivaji Bhave, were also bachelors devoted to social work.

He was associated with Mahatma Gandhi in the Indian independence movement. In 1932 he was sent to jail by the British colonial government because of his fight against British rule. There he gave a series of talks on the Gita, in his native language Marathi, to his fellow prisoners.

These highly inspiring talks were later published as the book “Talks on the Gita”, and it has been translated to many languages both in India and elsewhere. Vinoba felt that the source of these talks was something above and he believed that its influence will endure even if his other works were forgotten.

In 1940 he was chosen by Gandhi to be the first Individual Satyagrahi (an Individual standing up for Truth instead of a collective action) against the British rule. It is said that Gandhi envied and respected Bhave’s celibacy, a vow he made in his adolescence, in fitting with his belief in the Brahmacharya principle. Bhave also participated in the Quit India Movement.

Literary career

Vinoba Bhave was a scholar, thinker, writer who produced numerous books, translator who made Sanskrit texts accessible to the common man, orator, linguist who had an excellent command of several languages (Marathi, Hindi, Urdu, English, Sanskrit, Kannada), and a social reformer. He wrote brief introductions to, and criticisms of, several religious and philosophical works like the Bhagavad Gita, works of Adi Shankaracharya, the Bible and Quran. His criticism of Dnyaneshwar’s poetry as also the output by other Marathi saints is quite brilliant and a testimony to the breadth of his intellect. Vinoba Bhave had translated Bhagavad Gita into Marathi.He was deeply influenced by the Gita and attempted to imbibe its teachings into his life, often stating that “The Gita is my life’s breath”.^[2]

Some of his works are :
1.The essence of Quran
2.The essence of Christian teachings
3.Thoughts on education
4.Swarajya Sastra
A University named after him, Vinoba Bhave University, is there in the State of Jharkhand spreading knowledge to many.