In English
Here is a small story. During the summer season, in places round about , water is very scarce. An orthodox old lady, who was on a pilgrimage, felt very thirsty when she reached . She turned on the water taps but not a drop of water came out of them. At the station, arrangements had been made for a supply of water in leather bags. When several people were drinking the water that was served from that bag of leather, the old lady was discussing in her mind whether the man who was serving the water belonged to a low caste, whether the bag was pure or might not have been cleaned well, and so on. She was hesitating to take that water. After much hesitation, she questioned the man who was serving the water. “My dear sir, is this bag pure? Is it clean?” The man who was serving the water was clever. He said, “The bag of leather from which water is being served is cleaner than the bag in which that water will be poured after service, namely, your body. This bag is cleaner than your interior.” Today we are cultivating this undesirable tendency of looking at the impurity of the bag but not caring to remove the impurity within our own body. First of all, we must try to purify what is within us and then only can we rectify what is external to us. This is essential for the students to know. Because, tomorrow you may become high officers though you are students today.