Career Vinoba Bhave

1 career

1.1 freedom struggle
1.2 religious , social work
1.3 brahma vidya mandir
1.4 literary career
1.5 vinobha bhave , land donation movement

career
freedom struggle

vinoba kutir @ sabarmati ashram

he associated mahatma gandhi in indian independence movement. stayed time @ gandhi s sabarmati ashram in cottage named after him, vinoba kutir . in 1932 sent jail british colonial government because of activism against british rule. there gave series of talks on gita, in native language marathi, fellow prisoners.

these highly inspiring talks later published book talks on gita , , has been translated many languages both in india , elsewhere. vinoba felt source of these talks above , believed influence endure if other works forgotten.

in 1940 chosen gandhi first individual satyagrahi (an individual standing truth instead of collective action) against british rule. said gandhi envied , respected bhave s celibacy, vow made in adolescence, in fitting belief in brahmacharya principle. bhave participated in quit india movement.

religious , social work

gandhi , vinoba

vinoba s religious outlook broad , synthesised truths of many religions. can seen in 1 of hymns om tat sat contains symbols of many religions. slogan जय जगत् (jay jagat) i.e. victory world finds reflection in views world whole.

vinoba observed life of average indian living in village , tried find solutions problems faced firm spiritual foundation. formed core of sarvodaya movement. example of bhoodan (land gift) movement started @ pochampally on 18 april 1951, after interacting 80 harijan families. walked across india asking people land consider him 1 of sons , give him 1 sixth of land distributed landless poor. non-violence , compassion being hallmark of philosophy, campaigned against slaughtering of cows.

vinoba said, have walked on india 13 years. in backdrop of enduring perpetuity of life s work, have established 6 ashrams.

brahma vidya mandir

the brahma vidya mandir 1 of ashrams bhave created. small community women created in order them become self-sufficient , non-violent in community. group farms own food, uses gandhi s beliefs food production, include sustainability , social justice, guide. community, gandhi , bhave, has been influenced bhagavad-gita , used determine practices. community perform prayers group every day, reciting isha upanishad @ dawn, vishnu sahasranama @ mid-morning, , bhagavad-gita in evening. of today, there around 25 women members of community , several men have been allowed join in community.

since founding in 1959, members of brahma vidya mandir (bvm), intentional community women in paunar, maharashtra, have dealt struggle of translating gandian values such self-sufficiency, non-violence, , public-service specific practices of food production , consumption. bvm s existence , counter-narrative residents practice demonstrate how 1 community debate practicalities , tradeoffs in application of self-sufficiency, non-violence, , radical democracy own social , geographic context. 1 narrative described bvm , farmers work them large-scale agriculture inevitable, necessary, , sole possibility of feeding world. reject narrative success in agriculture comes expensive technology. bvm small community in india, therefore not hold power in beliefs , practices. however, india today proudly proclaims large , growing middle class, , although many see gandhi hero, reject views in favor of us-style-consumerism , alternate route in agriculture technological advancements. existence of bvm provides counter-narrative on enacting alternate agriculture practices , social practices believed woman in 1960s.

literary career

vinoba bhave scholar, thinker, , writer produced numerous books. translator made sanskrit texts accessible common man. orator , linguist had excellent command of several languages (marathi, gujarati, hindi, urdu, english, sanskrit). vinoba bhave innovative social reformer. shri vinoba bhave called kannada script queen of world scripts – vishwa lipigala raani wrote brief introductions to, , criticisms of, several religious , philosophical works bhagavad gita, works of adi shankaracharya, bible , quran. criticism of dnyaneshwar s poetry , works other marathi saints quite brilliant , testimony breadth of intellect.

vinoba bhave had translated bhagavad gita marathi. influenced gita , attempted imbibe teachings life, stating gita life s breath .

some of works are:

the essence of quran
the essence of christian teachings
thoughts on education
swarajya sastra

a university has been named after him, vinoba bhave university, located in hazaribagh district in state of jharkhand.

vinobha bhave , land donation movement

on 18 april 1951, vinoba bhave started land donation movement @ pochampally of nalgonda district telangana, bhoodan movement. took donated land land owner indians , gave away poor , landless, them cultivate. after 1954, started ask donations of whole villages in programme called gramdan. got more 1000 villages way of donation. out of these, obtained 175 donated villages in tamil nadu alone. noted gandhian , atheist lavanam interpreter of vinoba bhave during land reform movement in andhra pradesh , parts of orissa