In English
In order that you may clearly understand these things, let us take the case of a very large ocean. If we take water from that ocean and put it in our mouth, we will get the taste of its being very salty. If the same salt water is converted into water vapour by the heat of the sun, constituted into clouds and then comes back as rain on the earth, that water will be very sweet. Whether it is the water that is flowing in the river after the rain or the water that is taken directly from the ocean, it is the same water. But we should ask where the change has taken place as a result of which this sweetness has come. This is or purification. This can be compared to wisdom born out of experience. It is only when we take the matter that is contained in the ocean of books or scriptures and use our , the intelligence, which can be compared to the sun’s heat and convert it into clouds, which can be compared to or love, then only, like the water that results after the rain, our knowledge will be sweet and this will be called wisdom. In every effort and in every thing that we do, cleansing or purification is very essential. From time immemorial, our Indian traditions have been attaching great importance to this practice of purification.