Sai Baba Gita - Develop Good Qualities and Gain the Grace of the Lord

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Sai Baba GitaJuly 10, 2004

Develop Good Qualities and Gain the Grace of the Lord

One of the names Krishna used to address Arjuna was the one who delights in

being engaged in work. When most of you are given some work to do, you quickly

get disgusted with it. When Sunday comes and you have a day off from work, you

are happy. But if ever a day came when Arjuna had no work, he would be very

unhappy. Arjuna always felt a great deal of joy and delight when he worked. The

different names Krishna used for Arjuna in the Gita, are associated with various

noble qualities and virtues. You will be able to understand the nature of the

divinity, if every day you take up one virtue and try to incorporate it in your

life.

Patience, forbearance, compassion and nonviolence are some of the qualities that

have already been taken up in these chapters. Now you have also learned about

fearlessness. There are a number of other important qualities. Only when you

develop these qualities in your daily activities, will you be able to earn the

grace of the Lord. Without developing these noble qualities you will not be

able to gain a place in God's house, irrespective of the education, position,

and wealth you have been able to earn. A person is not permitted to go to

another country without a passport. Similarly, in order to earn the grace of

God, your good qualities serve you as your passport. You must develop these

qualities.

Along with your education you should also acquire good habits and a sterling

character. Without these, all your education will be of no use. This education

you are now pursuing is only useful for living in the physical world. It will

not take you to God. In the world of today, scientists have been able to glean

a number of secrets from nature. But have they been able to gain peace of mind?

Have they been able to get joy and happiness from the machines they developed?

Happiness and peace cannot come from these. You can get peace only from the

divinity.

The worldly happiness and peace you get is but momentary and impermanent. It

cannot take you to the state of permanent bliss. The wisdom chapter of the Gita

emphasizes the practice of recognizing the one all-pervasive divinity that is

always very near to you. This chapter is a very long one; there are 72 verses

in it. But you will not be able to get rid of your sorrow by just learning

these verses and merely chanting them every day. That will not be of much use

to you. You will have to make a very strong effort to practice the inner

meaning of these verses and apply them constantly in your day-to-day

experiences. Only when you practice them in your daily life and make them your

own, will you be able to earn the grace of God and be forever united with him.

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