Passage 4

In English

There is no use of our getting attached to this transient body, which is like dust. You should get attached to God. God is like our own life breath. We have been given life, only to reach such an omnipresent God. has shown that any son who does not attempt to get the grace of God is not a worthy son at all. If with all the fullness which your hands are capable of, you do not worship ; if with the fullness of your mouth, you do not praise ; if there is no compassion and love of truth in you, what is the purpose of being born, except to cause birth pangs to one’s mother? One must give a shape to one’s life in such a way that one earns the grace of God. We should follow a sacred path. Having been born, we should do all that is necessary to see that we are not born again. When we meet our death, we should so meet it that we do not meet it a second time. This is, indeed, the secret of man’s life. But today, in man’s life, to the extent to which the knowledge of science has grown, to that extent, the strength of man has become less. As science has progressed, the sense that is present in human beings has become less and less. What you call Science can give you material pleasure but it cannot give you any bliss of . Spirituality leads you to the aspect of completeness. Every human being must realise this completeness or the total knowledge contained in spirituality. The word man or has three letters, Ma, and in it. HereMa signifies ignorance or lack of knowledge, means getting rid of such darkness or ignorance and implies your conduct. Thus, the word means that you should conduct yourself in a manner by which you will eliminate total darkness and ignorance. But today, there is no justification for the use of this word because people are not conducting themselves in that manner. This is why even our appearance is completely changed. Man is wasting his life as if it is a cinema life. We are conducting ourelves in a manner by which we do not even recognise the very basis of human nature. Sacred texts: Bible, , , etc., have been showing us the way to follow a sacred path. All religions teach only good. One should conduct oneself, knowing what is good. If one’s mind and attitude are good, what is it that is bad in any religion? Young people should not promote difference relating to religion or to community. In order that young people may recognise the oneness of all religions, was teaching his companions about many sacred things.