Sai Baba Gita - Ignorance is the Cause of all Sorrow

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Ignorance is the Cause of all Sorrow

What is the meaning of arjuna ? It means sacredness and purity. For such a noble

person as Arjuna to lay down his arms and resolve not to fight a battle in which

righteousness was at stake could only be due to ignorance. The Lord, being fully

aware of the nature of this disease, resolved to eradicate it.

At the very beginning of the Gita, Krishna could have taught the principle of

devotion and the commitment to duty and selfless action. But Krishna chose not

to do so. In fact, he started speaking only after listening for a long time to

Arjuna's weeping and lamentations. While Arjuna was carrying on, Krishna did

not interfere at all. He patiently waited while Arjuna verbalized his confused

state. Finally Krishna asked, "Arjuna, are you done? Have you vented all your

feelings?" It was only at this point that Krishna started teaching.

Just as students become empty after writing their examinations, Arjuna also

became empty after airing all his concerns. Then Krishna told him, "This awful

defect of weak-mindedness has sprouted in you. I know how to deal with it. I

will cure it! It is ignorance which is responsible for this infatuation. This

ignorance is causing your weak-mindedness." Then Krishna started instructing

Arjuna in the highest wisdom, the knowledge which distinguishes the true self

from the false self, the eternal from the ephemeral, the sentient from the

insentient.

When a person is overcome with anguish and is suffering from ignorance, what

should be done to free him from his delusion? He is like a patient who is in

great danger. The first thing the doctor must do is to see to it that the

patient gets out of danger. After that the doctor can undertake longer-term

treatments. Suppose the patient is in immediate danger of losing his life, then

any treatments the patient is given will prove to be useless unless he is first

brought out of the emergency. Once he is out of danger, then many therapeutic

procedures can be undertaken. For example, if a person is drowning in a river,

you must first bring him out of the water, lie him down on the bank, and give

him artificial respiration. Then you can start your other treatments to bring

up his circulation and get him over the shock. You certainly would not start

those treatments while he is in the water, drowning.

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