Sai Baba Gita - Use Wisdom to Conquer your Inner Enemies

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Sai Baba GitaAugust 4, 2004

Use Wisdom to Conquer your Inner Enemies

Krishna said to Arjuna, "All these attachments that you now have, all these

desires to possess things, are not tendencies that you acquired yesterday or

the day before. They have been with you for numerous births and they are

responsible for all the pain that you are experiencing. You have no way of

knowing when you will finally be able to rid yourself of the pain they have

caused. But you cannot do much about the past, so do not worry about it. Focus,

instead, on the means for eliminating the pain that would come to you in the

future, were these attachments and desires to continue ruling over you.

"In the battle that you are about to fight, you have provided yourself with

worldly armor. That will help protect your body from external enemies; but how

will you be able to protect yourself from the internal enemies which you are

battling inside you? To protect yourself from them, you have to wear the armor

of wisdom. You are concerned about your external enemies, but you are not

thinking about the inner enemies at all. If you succumb to your inner enemies

you will never be able to conquer your external enemies. Therefore, first

conquer these inner enemies."

It is natural to search for a doctor when you are sick and suffering, but it is

of greater importance to see to it that you do not contract any illness in the

first place. It is said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

>From earliest times, the inner enemies have been subduing mankind and filling

human beings with sorrow. As long as you are filled with egoism and attachment,

you will not be able to free yourself from grief and sorrow. You have been

engaged in wrongful actions, and these have been responsible for all your pain.

Does this mean that you should abstain from action? No. You have no choice but

to act. You must act, and you are free to enjoy your actions as well. But from

now on, you must perform all your actions properly, in a way which will not

accrue harmful consequences and pain to you in the future. In keeping with

this, it is very important that you understand the underlying principles of

right action.

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