Sai Baba Gita - Remove all three Qualities and Gain Liberation

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Sai Baba GitaJuly 26, 2004

Remove all three Qualities and Gain Liberation

The exemplar for the rajas quality is Ravana, the king of the demons. The

exemplar for the the tamas quality is another well known demon in ancient lore,

who slept for decades at a time. There was still a third demon whose heart was

good and who surrendered himself at the feet of Rama. He is the exemplar for

the satva quality he chose the side of good, but nevertheless, he was a demon.

All three of these demons are brothers. If you allow the first two into you

heart, they will lead you into endless harm and grief. If you let the third one

dominate you, he will lead you into activities and ways of living that are good.

But, nevertheless, he will also keep you immersed in delusion and forgetful of

your true divine nature.

If you want to enter the kingdom of liberation, you must remove all three of

these demons from your heart. All three belong to the same demonic family. That

is why the Vedanta has been teaching that you must transcend the three qualities

and offer them to Lord Shiva. He will watch over them with his three eyes and

render them harmless with his three-forked trident.

What is the best way to remove these three qualities? If you are out in the

wilds and a thorn were to enter your foot. You need not take a big sharp knife

to remove it. You just take another thorn and remove the first with the second.

Once that has been accomplished, you throw away both thorns, without making any

distinction between them. In the same way you have to remove the tamas quality

with the help of the rajas quality. Then you have to remove rajas with the help

of satva. Finally, you give up satva also. Before you can enter into the kingdom

of God realization, you have to cast out all three of these qualities that keep

you bound up in delusion. That is why Krishna directed Arjuna to transcend all

three qualities. He warned Arjuna that he would have to make a maximum effort

and take great care to permanently rid himself of these three qualities.

After having taught Arjuna to recognize these various qualities, Krishna showed

him how to rise beyond them. In that way, Krishna transformed Arjuna into a

truly wise man. The primary cause of these three qualities is the mind. It is

impossible to transcend this human nature and realize your divine nature until

your mind loses its wavering nature and becomes still. Therefore, the best way

to transcend these qualities is to offer your mind to the Lord. After you have

offered your mind to him completely, God will take care of you in all respects.

Here is a small story to illustrate this.

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