What was Sai Baba's specific teaching about getting into arguments and debates?

Sai Baba strongly advised against engaging in intellectual debates and argumentation, viewing it as a spiritual hindrance. As recorded in Chapter 2, he taught that a mind preoccupied with argumentation is filled with "ignorance and Maya" and lacks the purity needed for self-knowledge. He warned that such a path is dominated by "bad thoughts and false logic," leading only to unhappiness in this world and the next. His direct instruction was, "Do not establish your own side, do not refute the other side, Do not engage in dualistic explanations. Why such useless effort?" This teaching highlights the importance of faith and surrender over intellectual contention for spiritual progress.