In English
Do not seek the faults of others
Discover for yourself your stage of spiritual development, to which class in the school you would fit in. Then determine to proceed from that class to the next higher one. Strive your best and you will win the Grace of God. Do not bargain or despair. One step at a time is enough, provided it is towards the goal, not away from it. Beware of the pride of wealth, of scholarship, of status, that drag you into egoism. Do not seek the faults of others; seek your own. Be happy when you see others prosper; share your joy with others. However high you move up on the ladder of education, do not let the roots of Indian Culture dry up in your heart. There was a great well versed in and deeply attached to its practice. He sent his son overseas for higher education. He took him to the temple of his (family deity), , and with tears of gratitude in his eyes, he showered on his head the sacred of , when he boarded the steamer. He wrote to him often, pleading that he should keep up the rites of worship, even in the strange lands to which he had gone. He was confident that his son will not give up the performance of the morning and evening ablutions and recitations. After some years, the boy returned by plane, in outlandish clothes, but the pious father believed that his deeper convictions had not altered and that he was genuine Indian still. He took him first to the temple of , for he felt that he had returned safe and strong as a result of Her Blessings. He uttered a and begged the son too to pray. He was shocked to hear the boy address the Goddess, Hello, Mrs. ! How do you do?' The old man's heart broke at the discovery that his son had cut himself away from the sustaining principles of .