Passage 2

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But when we look at the wonders of this vast universe, of the whole world of moving and unmoving things, it appears to us as beyond the Buddhi. Seen in this light, is not this reaching of the moon like a crow's dropping in the sea! So learning that cannot recognise the divinity in humanness can never be learning. Selflessness, humility and simplicity are the chief marks of education. In such circumstances, scientists are trying to examine the world in many ways. However much research they do, the research itself makes clear the truth that there is still more to know. Research without reflection makes Ahaṅkāra grow in humanness. Only on the day this Ahaṅkāra is rooted out will humanness attain divinity.

The day Ajñāna is rooted out, the lights of Prajñāna blossom

Today trees, birds and beasts help man in many ways with a selfless heart. Man, become selfish, does not hang back at all from betraying his own kind, his mother and father, his teacher, and in the end even God. He makes a show of Satya, Dharma, Śānti and Prema, but of seeing them truly or practising them there is nothing at all. Man cannot recognise the truth "Whatever you have is for the belly; however many days you live, it is for the burning-ground." He labours at all times to make others honour him. He does not come forward at all to honour others. What is the root cause of this? Ajñāna. Ajñāna covers man, pushes him into injustice, wrong, evil ways and Asatya, and hides his divine humanness. The day this Ajñāna is rooted out, the lights of Prajñāna blossom.