Passage 1

In English

All over the world people are giving undue importance to physical appearances and external details. This is an indication of ignorance. This is in fact leading to diversity and difference. You may go to a marketplace, a cinema theatre, or while traveling – there are no distinctions of race, caste or creed. Yet in certain aspects, we come across these distinctions. A few people are magnifying differences for their selfish interests. But truth is one. The reality of man is the same all over. Religion, caste, and other differences are non-existent for the inner core of human beings. The self has no separate identity like , , , , rich, poor, and so on. Also, there is no special truth that pertains to a rich man or a poor man or pertaining to a particular country. Truth is one and the same. Truth is the form of God. People are imparting status in the external context; but there lies the inner core of truth in which all humans are alike. Man must strive to contemplate on the inner truth that is covered by the external body; and must realize the unity therein. This is his fundamental duty. You may consider from a secular, spiritual, or any other angle. You will find that birth and death are the same for all beings. Man cannot escape from this truth.