Sai Baba Gita

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	Sai Baba Gita The Way to Self-Realization and Liberation in this Age Compiled and edited by Al Drucker Published by Atma Press Web posted at Mar 22, 2000 Chapter Quick Jump: \| 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7 \| 8 \| 9 \| 10 \| \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 \| 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25 \| 26 \| 27 \| 28 \| 29 \| 30 \| 31 \| 32 \| 33 \| 34 \| Foreword Messages Sai Baba Introduction to the Gita The Essence of the Gita Part One - Path of Devotion I. Love and Duty - The Path of Perfection Self-Knowledge is God-Knowledge Faith in Yourself and Faith in God The Formless takes a Form Divine Consciousness Work, Worship and Wisdom Extinction of Delusion II. Surrender - Transformation of Man into God The Universe The Path of Devotion The Highest Self is God The Unlimited Power of God The Devotee is even greater than God You can bind God with the Power of Love From Duality to Non-Duality Near and Dear Show no Hatred towards any Being III. Earning God's Love The Love of God True Joy Courage and Steadiness Worship of God with and without a Form Only the Formless is the Permanent Aspect of the Lord Steady your Mind by Worshipping the Divinity with Form Worshipping the Formless God in your Heart Inner Peace and Contentment Love All IV. Inner Inquiry - The Path of Wisdom The three Stages on the Wisdom Path God is the Master of Time The Veil of Illusion The World as a River of Truth and Untruth Hold on to God alone Conquer your Senses Give your Burdens to God Surrender fully to God V. Find God in your own Heart The Indwelling God Within the Body is Pure Consciousness See God in Everything The Diseases of Mankind Seek the Lord inside your own Body Harmonize all your Thoughts, Words and Deeds Forbearance, the Primary Spiritual Quality You can experience God through Love alone VI. The three Stages on the Spiritual Path Know that God is here then experience God directly The Cowherd Boy Anguished Yearning for the Lord's Presence The Vision of the Lord Beyond Dualism Becoming One with the Lord The three Stages in Secular Life Knowing, Seeing and Becoming One with the Divinity Reaching the Abiding Peace of the Immortal Self The Sacred Names of Arjuna VII. Restraining the Tongue in both Food and Speech The Dual Power of the Tongue Control of the Tongue Develop a Discriminating Mind Purity of Food, the Cooking Vessels and the Cook The Blessing - Offering Food to God The Role of the Tongue in Speech The Story of the Officer and the Preceptor The Power of Words Sacrifice and Forbearance Talk wastes Spiritual Energy Self-Confidence Efface Selfishness, Pride and Jealousy VIII. You can reach God through Love alone Devotion Meditation and Devotion are One and the Same The Housholder and the Monk I Am God From the Form to the Formless Surrender to the Divinity within You Transforming Desires into Wisdom Renouncing the Fruits of your Labor Love is the Root of all Spiritual Practices Fill your Heart with Love and Faith Love is the most important of all Human Qualities IX. Desire and Anger - The Twin Evils Use Sacred Thoughts to destroy Dark Thoughts Good Character, Good Behavior and Knowledge of the Self Divine Power and Physical Power The three Worlds and the Lord Beyond Wherever you look you see your One Self You are not a Sinner - You are God The Sweetness of the Servant Path Controlling Desires and Anger Attraction and Repulsion Character - Not Belief is what is important X. Love and Sacrifice - The Cure for Desire and Anger The Fire of Desire Make Love the Dominant Force in your Life The Nature of Anger Sacrifice conquers Desire The Pest of Desire and Hatred Let all the Noble Human Qualities Shine within you Replacing Bad Habits with Good Habits Steady Practice is the Key to all Accomplishments in Life Keeping the Senses within their Normal Limits XI. True Renunciation - Focus on God, not the World Control of the Mind Detachment Make the Best Use of Every Object Harischandra and Buddha Worldly Attachments are like Poison King Janaka's Dream The Anguish of Separation from God True Renunciation is Turning your Mind towards God XII. Detachment - Unifying Thoughts, Words and Deeds Detachment leads to Self-Realization Attachment to Objects which you think belong to You Give up the Fruits of your Actions Everything undergoes Change Constant Practice The three Austerities, Physical, Vocal and Mental Better be Quiet than Tell an Untruth Every day observe a period of Silence Free Yourself from all Bondage XIII. Time wasted is Life wasted Start your Spiritual Practice when you are Young Do not waste your Youth Use your Body for the Sake of God You cannot start Spiritual Life when Death is at the Door True Human Life involves Discrimination and Renunciation Keep your Concentration unwaveringly on God Be Steady in your Practice Tell the Truth but use Discretion in your Words The Four Types of Anger XIV. Remember God - Forget the World Find out Who you truly are Youth is the most precious period of Life Develop Self-Confidence and a firm Resolve Birth is Sorrowful, Life is Sorrowful and Death is Sorrowful The Field and the Knower of the Field The Whole World is Illusion The four Types of Devotees The Story of the wealthy Man and his four Wives God answers Everyone's Requests You are not Mortal, you are Immortal Part Two - Path of Wisdom XV. Give up Self-Delusion - Know your Real Self Infatuation and Attachment lead to Sorrow Infatuation will Destroy your Courage and Will Ignorance is the Cause of all Sorrow The Cure for Ignorance The War between Selfishness and Selflessness Foresight and Compassion - Qualities found in a Pure Heart The Transformation from Kinsman or Friend to Disciple Be Courageous, Be Fearless, Be Discriminating XVI. Banish Ignorance and Sorrow will leave you Forever Your true Nature is Eternal Joy The Body is the Outer Garment that you, as Pure Spirit, Wear This Body is only One of Many you have Worn Ignorance is being Unaware of your True Nature The Danger of being Attached to the Body You must Live the Teachings Ignorance must be Completely Dispelled XVII. Master your Senses and the Whole World will be Yours The Transitory Nature of all Things The 24 Impermanent Principles The Immortal Self - Beyond the Ephemeral Individual The Noble and the Ignoble The Nature of the Sense Organs Those Bound by the Senses are Destroyed by the Senses The King who was Ruled by his five Wives The Mind with its five Wives, the Senses Being ever Vigilant in Controlling the Senses Victory over the Senses through Self-Inquiry Control of the Tongue, the first step in Sense-Control The Pure Brother of the Impure Demon King XVIII. You are the Indweller - You are not the Body or Mind You are the Atma, You are God Keep the Atma in View and Nothing can Harm You Sense-Control is easy when you Understand the Senses Realize the Transitoriness of all Sense Objects Focus on the Divinity, Your True Self, and Do Your Duty Intellect Surpasses all your Senses A Wise Man never forgets the Atma God does not wish to be Praised by Anyone XIX. Sense Control - The Key to the Highest Wisdom Sense-Control, the Foundation for Self-Knowledge Sense Enjoyment is an Illusory Joy All Joy comes only from the Self Sense Objects can only give Temporary Joy Body-Consciousness taints the Pure Love of the Self Self-Knowledge gives the Greatest Joy Beauty and Joy The Light of Atma Illuminates Everything The Joy of the Self is the only True Joy Do not Drive with your Foot on the Brake Detachment, Devotion and Sense-Control XX. Worldly Knowledge is Useless without Self-Knowledge The Light of Wisdom dispels the Darkness of Ignorance Atma remains unchanged, the Individual changes The two States of the Mind, Pure and Impure Give the Mind some Peace - Turn it towards God How to cross the turbulent River of Worldly Life External Freedom and Inner Freedom You need the Lord's Grace to Achieve Anything Worthwhile God's Grace is earned through Purity of the Heart There are many Beings but only One Underlying Divinity Only Wisdom can conquer Ignorance Develop Wisdom through Inner Inquiry XXI. To Know the Divinity is to Become the Divinity The Atmic Light gets Hidden by the Impure Senses See Unity in all Diversity You are a Human Being, not an Animal Desire makes you Break your Resolutions The Body is given to you to Realize the Indweller Everything comes from the One Indwelling Divinity Association with the Divinity makes you Divine XXII. The three Worlds - The Gross, the Suble and the Causal The five Elements, Gross and Subtle Life is a Series of Waves But for the Divine Principle, The World is totally Inert The Artist who tried to Capture the Image of the Lord To Reach the Permanent, Go Beyond the Impermanent You are not just One but Three Behind the Gross the Subtle, Behind the Subtle the Causal Samadhi is Equal-Mindedness You Alone are True The Qualities of the Truly Wise XXIII. Limit Desires, Be ever Content and you will be Dear to God Be Satisfied, Do not Chase after Desires You must Win God's Love Contentment is the Real Wealth Atma is never Born, Atma never Dies Reduce Your Desires and Remember the Atma XXIV. Patience and Forbearance - The Heart of Spiritual Practice Realize the Atma through your Direct Experience You gain Forbearance through Difficult Circumstances The Tree, the River and the Cow There are Times when you should Withhold Forbearance When to Use Forbearance and when it is Inappropriate Undue Haste and Delay are two Extremes to be Avoided To Adhere to Truth is the same as Practicing Forbearance You may have to Raise your Voice a little to Tell the Truth Negative Qualities must be Uprooted and Destroyed XXV. Jealousy and Hatred - Twin Pests that Destroy your Peace Discover the Indweller through your own Inner Practice The five Characteristics that make up Everything Jealousy and Hatred Being Jealous of the Divinity The Divinity never has Selfish Motives Conquer Jealousy and you can Conquer Anything Forbearance will Overcome Hatred Behind Jealousy and Hatred is Egoism Destroy Egoism, Jealousy and Hatred with Love and Forbearance Only through Love can you Experience God Jealousy and Hatred Destroy those who Possess them XXVI. Truth and Good Character - The very Breath of Life Truth and Dharma Truth needs to be established from the Earliest Age Even a little Fib can lead to Unhappiness later When one Bad Quality goes the Rest cannot long remain Dharma is Changeless but its Practice Changes in each Age Not Harming others is Dharma Social Duty, Obligatory Duty and Family Duty Sense-Control is the Key to Doing your Duty properly XXVII. Kindness and Compassion - The Mark of a true Human Being The Unity of the Self, the One Atma Existing Everywhere Harmonization of Thought, Word and Deed Kindness is the Hallmark of a true Human Being A Child Suffused with the Nectar of Human Kindness God showers His Grace on those who have Kindness Inner and Outer Purity Conquer your Inner Enemies The Two Banks of the River of Life The three Principles that take you to your Divine Goal XXVIII. Fearlessness - Seeing the One Self in Everyone Divinity is the Basis for Everything Fearlessness is beyond Body-Consciousness Fear of Death - The most Powerful of all Fears Fearlessness is the very Nature of a Human Being The Grand Meeting of all the Animals In what Way are Human Beings better than Animals? Through Effort Humans can Transform their Lower Nature The vital Difference between Human Beings and Animals Most Human Beings behave even Worse than Animals When you have a Firm Faith in God you will be Fearless Develop Good Qualities and Gain the Grace of the Lord XXIX. Turn towards God and God will turn towards You Sacred Vision Chariot Festivals The Chariot of the Human Body The Field of the Heart True Fearlessness The Story of Gajendra, the Elephant Turn your Vision towards God and See your Self The Elephant of Arrogance and the Crocodile of Attachment XXX. To Become Free - Surrender your Mind to God Root Out the Weeds of Tamas and Rajas Clean your Heart thoroughly to Welcome God there Devotion, Wisdom and Detachment will keep you Pure The Characteristics of Rajas Remove all three Qualities and Gain Liberation King Janaka's Challenge to Gain Self-Knowledge Janaka achieves Self-Realization For Self-Knowledge Total Surrender of the Mind is Required Offer up your Mind to the Lord Steady your Mind and your Body Part Three - Path of Action XXXI. Do your Duty - But without Concern for the Results The Shield of Devotion and the Armor of Wisdom Use Wisdom to Conquer your Inner Enemies Every Worldly Experience can be traced to Karma Egoism Develops when you Forget the Indweller The Body is an inert Thing made of the five Elements From Sacred Action to Devotional Feelings to Bliss Food gives Rise to Thoughts, Feelings and Actions Focus on the Action, Not on the Fruit Time, Action, Purpose and Result apply only to the Body Turn Desire towards Wisdom to Gain the Divine Light The three Types of Actions Aspire for the Supreme and Never Come Back XXXII. The Yoga of Action - Relinquishing the Fruit Transform all your Actions into Sacred Actions and be Free Turn Actions into Yoga The Joy of Doing is greater than the Joy of the Rewards The Gita brings the Highest Wisdom into Daily Life Janaka and Suka The Venom must come Out before Teachings can go In The Fire that brought out the Attachments of the Disciples Through Arjuna Krishna taught the Whole World Ordinary Actions, Detached Actions and Sacred Actions The Gita will give you whatever you are Ready to Receive XXXIII. Developing the Inner Vision You cannot Run from your Inner Enemies Transform all Self-serving Actions into Selfless Actions Purify your Actions before Offering them to God The Characteristics of an Enlightened Being By their Actions People will Reveal their Inner Natures The Spell of Illusion and its two Powerful Forces The Power of Maya to Delude can be Permanently Dispelled A Pure Heart is Free of Attachment and Illusion Actions without Attachment to the Fruits From Ordinary Actions to Buddhi Yoga to Karma Yoga Astavakra at the Assembly of Scholars Without Inner Vision they were Shoemakers not Scholars Let all the Poisons emerge Without Interference The six Spiritual Treasures XXXIV. Remove Body-Counsciousness - Realize God-Consciousness You perform Actions in order to Sanctify your Life Make all your Actions a Sacrifice not a Battle You are the Atma, You are not this Body God in Human Form is not limited to the Avatars Expand your View of Yourself to Understand the Divinity Go from the Individual to the Society to the Divinity The Nature of Dharma Peace can only be found within Yourself For a Marriage there must be a Husband Use the Hardships you Encounter as Opportunities and Tests No Need to Carry your Luggage on your Head Identify yourself with the Divinity not with your Body