Sai Baba Gita - God in Human Form is not limited to the Avatars

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God in Human Form is not limited to the Avatars

God is everywhere. He is all-knowing, he is all-pervasive, he is all-powerful.

He is not limited to the body. His power is not limited to the karma performed

through bodies. The divinity is not just a particular body called Rama, born in

a particular age, or another body called Krishna, born in another age. Those

incarnations served as exemplary models for mankind to follow. But, the

principle of divinity is not limited to any given body. The divinity is

omnipresent and omniscient.

Again and again this truth has been taught to mankind. Krishna spoke of this to

Arjuna. He said, "Arjuna, in remote antiquity, in many ages gone by, I have

taught this Gita to the sun god. Then others in a long lineage of sacred beings

came to know of the Gita when the sun god passed it on to the many great sages

of those times. But thereafter, slowly and gradually, this knowledge became

hidden and was finally lost. But it is this same ancient, sacred knowledge that

I am now teaching to you here today."

When Arjuna heard this, a number of doubts entered his mind. He began thinking,

"The sun god is a very ancient entity. Krishna was born only recently in this

present age. How could Krishna have taught the sun god who is so ancient?" As

soon as Arjuna had these thoughts, Krishna, who knows all minds and all hearts,

spoke up immediately. He said, "Well, Arjuna, I know your doubts." With a smile

on his lips, he continued, "You see, Arjuna, I am not this particular body. I

am the one who has no birth. I transcend all time and space. I am not limited

by circumstance. I exist in all ages, in all times. Basing your conception of

me on my body, you are thinking that I belong to this particular age. But all

these ages and all these eons are within me. Do not try to limit me to this

body and to a given time. Bodies change but I never change. I take on different

bodies, at different times, in order to perform karma and to fulfill a

particular mission." The moment Arjuna heard this,

spiritual understanding dawned within him and he recognized the timeless,

unchanging principle of divinity.

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