Sai Baba Gita - Ordinary Actions, Detached Actions and Sacred Actions

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Ordinary Actions, Detached Actions and Sacred Actions

Compared to ordinary actions which are done by thinking of yourself as the doer,

actions done without any sense of doership will be much greater. But, an action

that is done with complete selflessness, performed impersonally with total

indifference and without any attachment - is greater still. But when the action

is entirely offered to the Lord, when it becomes a holy sacrifice, it is even

more sacred than all of these. Thus, Krishna commanded Arjuna to offer all his

acts to the Lord. When Arjuna reached this state of evolution, that is, when

Arjuna acted completely selflessly and offered everything he did to the Lord,

Krishna began to teach him the Gita.

In the primary stage, every human being has to perform actions and be actively

employed in the tasks for which he is suited. One needs to perform action in

order not to develop laziness. A lazy person is absolutely useless to the

world. Swami does not approve or encourage anyone to be lazy. First, you must

perform ordinary actions. Then you should enter into the stage where you

perform all your actions without any self-interest. Gradually you transform

these actions into yoga, you transform work into worship. This is one of the

core teachings of the Gita.

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Sai Baba Gita, Compiled and edited by Al Drucker - Published by Atma Press -

http://www.atmapress.com - ISBN: 0963844903Online Edition:

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