Sai Baba Gita - You are the Atma, You are not this Body

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You are the Atma, You are not this Body

Krishna said, "Arjuna, obey my commands. Give up body consciousness. Give it up

completely. Stop identifying yourself with your body. The body is full of mucus

and filth. You are not this body; it is only temporary and transient. You are

the witness, the indweller, the atma inside this body. This six-foot frame is

not you. You are the cosmic personality; you are boundless. This body is

subject to birth and death. You, however, are the atma which is birthless and

deathless. You are not a limited individual, subject to the passage of time.

You are that most effulgent form which has conquered and mastered time itself.

Discriminate between the permanent and the impermanent! Inquire into wisdom and

ignorance! Distinguish between truth and untruth!"

Krishna continued, "Arjuna, recognize your real nature! Censure and praise are

associated with the body; they are not permanent. Profit and loss are also

associated with the body. They are a result of activity, of karma, but they are

not characteristics of your essence, the atma. Be indifferent to all these

polarities. Treat joy and sorrow equally. Only when you develop this kind of

equal-mindedness, will you be able to realize true fulfillment and become a

truly wise being." In this way, Krishna taught Arjuna the highest wisdom, the

discrimination between truth and untruth, the recognition of that which is

permanent behind all that which is impermanent.

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

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