In English
The Highest alone must be sought
Not that there are no sages even now on earth. Great and and are with us, even today. But, in the mad pursuit after pomp and pageantry, the feverish struggle to defy and defeat others, there is no time to imbibe their messages and taste the sweetness of the they prescribe. The poets of the modern age are not to be compared to the (Poets) of the past, though the same name is used to indicate them. Those had purified their consciousness so much that God was clearly reflected therein. The poets of today retain all the blemishes and failings which cater to lower urges. They exhibit more bile than ; they have no mastery over the senses or passions; they are slaves to hate and greed; they render unholy the message they spread, for they write of low ideals and cheap victories. Such people have no right to name themselves 'poets'. The senses should not be allowed to over-ride man. They must be instruments within the control of man. They are mere servants, orderlies, helpers. The knife is best used to cut fruits or vegetables; you should not use it for cutting your throat. The senses have to be trained to be free from (inertia) and (passion); they must be neither dull nor dragging, neither dormant nor dangerously diverting. The must be overcome. A student approached a and asked for the road for . He replied that he must develop (tolerance) towards all men and all things and all events. Nothing should arouse interested reaction, disgust or desire. The highest alone must be sought; God alone must be desired. steady, unchanging, undiminishable, can only be - Love towards the Lord of all the worlds. (changing love) is love towards the changing world. When a placed two grains of rice on the idol with no motive or desire for reward, but in a pure spirit of devotion, they turned into gold grains. If he had some motive, they might well have turned into stone.