Sai Baba Gita - You need the Lord's Grace to Achieve Anything Worthwhile

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You need the Lord's Grace to Achieve Anything Worthwhile

As long as Arjuna had the blessings and the company of Krishna, he was a mighty

hero and he was able to accomplish many heroic deeds. Once Krishna left his

mortal body, Arjuna, through body consciousness and attachment, was overcome

with sorrow and self pity. He felt that Krishna had left him, and as a result,

he lost all his valor. Arjuna, the great hero, now became weak and unable to

accomplish even the smallest tasks. When Arjuna was bringing the surviving

women and children from Krishna's household to shelter, robbers attacked him in

the forest. Arjuna tried his best to fight against them and to free the women

and children from the grip of these murderous robbers; but he could not do it.

During the many battles of the Mahabharata war, Arjuna was able to fight and

defeat so many great heroes. He was unconquerable, no matter the odds against

him. But, the same Arjuna was not able to even vanquish the robbers in the

forest and rescue the women and children who were under his protection. What

was the reason for this? Until that time, with Krishna at his side, Arjuna had

felt great strength. Not recognizing where that strength came from, he believed

it was his own valor and his own strength that had provided the victories he was

able to gain. But this delusion stemmed from ignorance. Arjuna's strength had

not been his. That strength had been given to him by the divinity.

Even though a person may be endowed with divine strength, he deludes himself

into thinking that the strength he has is all due to his own human

capabilities. So it was with Arjuna. But, once he lost the strength of

divinity, he was not able to accomplish even the smallest thing. Man has been

able to undertake many types of activities because the divinity is inherent in

him and has been providing all his inner strength, sustenance and power.

Without this divine power, man would not be able to accomplish anything.

Without the stamp of divinity not even his smallest undertakings would reach

fruition. That stamp is all-important. Consider the following example.

Let us say that you have made a beautiful envelope out of heavy art paper. You

have written Swami's address on it in colorful decorative script, and you have

enclosed a beautiful letter, carefully written with calligraphy and adorned

with striking colors. The borders of this envelope are also artfully

embellished with many exquisite designs. You have inserted the letter inside

the envelope, you have sealed it and posted it. Yet, despite all your great

efforts and skill, the letter never reached Swami. Why is that? The reason is

that you did not put a stamp on the envelope. All your decorations and all your

beautiful handwriting could not help in getting that letter to Swami.

Even a letter which has been dropped in the postbox at the college hostel will

not reach the temple here, less than a mile away, without a stamp. But with a

stamp on it, a letter could even have traveled thousands of miles and reached

its destination. The postal department will not look at all the decorations,

the ornate letters, the striking colors and designs. They will not pay any

attention to all your beautiful art work. They will only look at the address

and check to see if the envelope has the correct stamp. So, what was most

needed was for you to procure a stamp and properly place it on the envelope.

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