In plain words
Somehow, as the fruit of the merit of many births, the good fortune of seeing Sai has come to you in this birth. To pray, ‘Protect me, so that this pearl that came into my hand as I sank in the ocean of saṃsāra does not slip from my hand again’: that alone gives life its meaning.
The Fulfilment of Life
The Bal Vikas children must be taught first that at home they must honour their mother and father. Those who gave the body made of the five elements are the mother and father. For that they must show gratitude; well and good. But they must also be taught to honour and cherish the gurus who teach how the five elements are to be used in the world. They must come to know that the guru's teaching alone is the cause of revealing the Divinity within humanness. They must be taught for what reason gratitude must be shown to mother and father and to the gurus. Along with worldly learning, they must study the learning of the Ātma too. Along with titles such as M.A., B.A,, B.Sc., the ideal, the longing and the enthusiasm to earn the title ‘children of immortality’ too must grow in the children. All the kinds of learning earned for the sake of food are of use up to 50 or 60 years, while you take part in a job; but unless you study spiritual learning in turn, peace of mind and Ānanda will not come.
You must acquire learning not for the sake of a salary but for the sake of life. For the one who has no refuge, God alone is the refuge; wherever you are, in whatever state, God protects you; He gives Ānanda. I hope that through your spreading and teaching you will give the learning of the Ātma that gives firm faith in that Divinity, and bring to the boys and girls, the good offspring of Bhāratī and of Indian culture, an Ānanda that is real experience; and I bless you.
The Religion of Prema
One more thing. In your way of teaching, in your classes, in your syllabus, you must take care that differences of caste and creed do not come in at all, that they are not there at all. There is only one religion, the religion of love. For the human race there is only one religion; it is the religion of Prema itself! There is only one caste, the caste of humanity. All human beings belong to one and the same caste; that is the caste of humanity itself! Wherever you join, wherever you go, in all countries, in all communities, in all religions, the root principles of Satya, Dharma, Śānti and Prema must shine in one and the same way. Gladly take into your classes those of other religions, those of every community, and give them learning. You must not turn anyone away for any reason. You must see that hatred and envy and feelings of difference do not taint the tender hearts of the children in the least. When you teach the lives of holy persons, when you teach the sacred stories of great souls, give them the lives of great ones who belong to other countries and to other religions.