Philosophy of Vinoba Bhave with Special Reference to G¢t¡pravacana

Abstract

The nineteenth and first half of the twentieth newlinecentury was indelibly marked with wide spread national newlinespirit and refined spiritual awakening in India The political newlineleaders social thinkers and the Neo Ved¡ntins of the newlinemodern times contributed enormously for the cause of newlinesocio cultural upliftment of the masses with their vivid newlineinterpretation of UpaniÀadic thought Most of the exponents newlineinterpreted and reinterpreted Bhagavad G¢t¡ for the newlineemancipation of the society Among them the newlineinterpretations of Lokamanya Tilak Aurobindo Gandhiji newlineAnnie Beasant S Radhakrishnan and Vinoba Bhave are newlineoutstanding in many respects Their intellectual and newlinepragmatic commentaries and political commitment newlineencouraged them to interpret Bhagavad G¢t for satisfying newlinethe aspirations of the society Their focus and emphasis were newlineon selfless action to build an egalitarian India newline