In plain words
If we settle such adversities among ourselves, one with another, through a spirit of harmony, through mutual regard, through brotherhood, through the ties of kinship, and live together as one, it will be a companion and a shade in every way for the progress of the village and the progress of the nation. We must set our life on the right path. Rising at cockcrow at dawn and working without rest until we lie down at night, we go through many labours. But we are not able to reach the Śānti we should have. We are not able to reach the happiness we should have. We are not able to reach the joy we should have. What is the reason? We are dedicating our life to the physical alone. We must show the Satya that what we call the spiritual and the transcendent are its foundation. A child cannot exist without a mother. A branch cannot stand without a tree. In the very same way, our life cannot stand without Brahman. We are born of Consciousness; we are not born of clay. That is why only when we reach Consciousness do we have the chance to reach Cidānanda. So that Consciousness is not something we can get in some place outside, or in some market. That Consciousness dwells right in the seat of our heart. We must worship that principle of Consciousness, then do service, bring it forth through right and good conduct, good feelings and good thoughts, and so find some chance to experience that Consciousness. A small example. There is a fine and precious cup of gold. It may be a bowl set with the nine gems, with diamonds, cat's-eyes, emeralds and rubies; yet when we let a fish go in it, the fish has no joy at all – what is the reason? It longs only for water, its own dwelling, its own home. Only when it gets that water is there true joy for it. In the very same way, to make our birth fruitful, only when we reach our own home, the home that is Brahman, the sacred place, the divine place, will we find true Śānti. But if we want to reach joy through wealth and gold, goods and vehicles and the like, through pleasures and riches, through positions of power, the joy we get is not eternal Ānanda; it is not supreme Ānanda. It is only a physical, passing, momentary joy. To lose the eternal place, the eternal Ānanda, for the sake of this momentary joy can never be man's duty.
Embodiments of Prema! Since all of us have gathered in meetings like this, we must, as far as we can, however many physical karmas we perform from rising at dawn until we sleep at night, spend at least ten minutes thinking of God, join in satsaṅgas, do sacred service, be our own companion and shade and create for ourselves conditions fit for the village's progress, and so try to experience Śānti and contentment physically, spiritually and as Kaivalya.
Today we have built a temple.