Sai Baba Gita - The Divinity never has Selfish Motives

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The Divinity never has Selfish Motives

Arjuna and Dharmaraja, his eldest brother, who were both watching from a

distance, were astounded. Arjuna asked Krishna, "What just happened here? What

is responsible for this spectacle?" Krishna answered, "Arjuna, no one

understands my actions. For the divinity there is never any selfishness or

egoism. The protection of my devotees is my only concern. The benefit and

encouragement of my devotees is my only wish. I kept all those fearsome weapons

which were employed by Bhishma and had entered the chariot, harmlessly under my

foot. As long as I had my foot on them, they were not able to exercise their

powers over you. If I had alighted from the chariot first, these weapons would

have destroyed you along with the chariot. You would have been reduced to

ashes. Being unaware of this, you asked me to get down first."

The moment Arjuna heard these words of Krishna, he realized his own arrogant and

ignorant behavior. He was exhibiting all the signs of jealousy. Finding fault

with the divinity and thinking that he was greater than Krishna can be seen as

a form of jealousy.

There are a number of important signs of jealousy. Jealousy makes its appearance

when you meet a person who has earned greater fame than you. Or it will develop

when a person has more wealth than you. Jealousy will also show its head when

you come into the presence of a person who is more beautiful and handsome. For

students, jealousy will soon appear if there is another student who scores

higher marks than you. It is the weakness of ordinary human beings to develop

jealousy whenever they come in contact with people who excel them in terms of

wealth, position, beauty, intelligence, and other such qualities.

Jealousy will not live harmlessly inside you. The moment jealousy enters all the

virtues which you have cultivated over a long time, all the great qualities

which you have developed, are destroyed. It ruins the human nature; it

strengthens the animal nature; it promotes the demonic nature. It has no

scruples. It does not look forward or backward. It is such an insidious quality

that you must see to it that jealousy will never possess you. Enjoy the

prosperity of others. Enjoy the progress of others. Enjoy the welfare of

others. Enjoy the beauty of others. This is true virtue. This is one of the

most important teachings of the Gita. Desiring the good of others is a laudable

quality which everyone should possess.

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

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