Isn't It True That We Need a Lot of Courage to Debate With a Great Saint?

[Shri Balaji asked: In spiritual line, very much courage is needed. When we are arguing with a great saint, lot of courage is needed. Is it true?]

Swami replied: There is no need of any fear during spiritual debate because our strength lies in our point of argument and not in the status of the opponent even if he is the greatest saint. It is the question of defeat of a wrong point coming into interaction with a right point, which should not be taken as personal success or personal defeat. People fight for properties registered in their names, but need not fight for concepts, which are not registered in their names! In fact, the defeated person is really benefitted because he corrected his wrong concept. There is no personal benefit for the winning person. Hence, one should not view this as interaction of a great saint with an ordinary soul. Once the concept is perfectly true, one must be courageous to stick to it be the opponent a great saint!

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