In English
The future of the country depends upon the conduct and character of the students. Students may be described as the very roots of the nation. Therefore we must pour the water of or the divine force into the very roots. Students may also be compared to the creepers bearing flowers. If we allow these creepers to grow as they please, they grow in a wild and disorderly manner without beauty and symmetry. Therefore, we must prune each creeper so that its shape may be beautiful and it may not grow in a wild fashion without any beauty. The beauty of life depends upon our good habits. The period of student-days is sacred and most important in life. The students must be disciplined in their minds and habits and must fill their minds with pure thoughts and try to enforce and put into practice all those good thoughts in their day-to-day activities. The intention of organising this summer course is not simply to transmit information that is given by the scholars who are delivering the lectures. More important than giving information is the transformation that we wish to bring about. If you are not transformed, all this will be just a waste of time and energy and nothing but trouble to elders. By cultivating a spiritual outlook right from this stage, it will be possible, when you grow old, that you will be able to spend your time and your life in a very calm, quiet, peaceful and happy manner. This is the right period when you should fill your mind with thoughts about your own future, about the future of the country and about the future of the race and that of the nation, and with things of such profound importance. If you do not attempt to move in the right direction now, even while your body is strong and your faculties and powers are good, it will not at all be possible for you to do so at a later stage when your body grows old and fatigued, when the mind has lost its alertness and all your powers have dried up and withered away.