In plain words
It is not something kings can seize, nor does it fall to ruin in any other way. Whatever country we go to, whatever place we reach, wherever it may be, it guards us like a sacred friend. We must learn such true education. To think that acquaintance with books is education is mere madness. To think it is education merely to give the meanings of words is a weakness! Only when a man tries to open the door of his heart does this humanness shine. It is something that shines always.
Man must become fearless
The man of today, because he has much learning and no Viveka, has grown Ahaṅkāra and behaves worse than the beasts of the forest. This is not right. They have invented atom bombs. They have invented hydrogen bombs. They have invented many more things. What is the result of all of these? It makes people fall into terror, but gives no Śānti or happiness at all. In the world today, whatever one sees, whatever matter one looks at, whatever person one looks at, there is fear. Fear. If one sees a transistor in the bazaar, there is the fear of what bomb may be in it. In this way every attractive object is full of fear. That which causes us no fear, that which gives us fearlessness, is Vairāgya. In Vairāgya alone there is no fear. In Vairāgya there are no desires of any kind. What does that mean? To leave home and hearth, wife and children, all of family life, and go to the forest is not Vairāgya. We must reduce our desires. Less luggage, more comfort, make travel a pleasure. Our life is a very long journey. Only when we reduce our desires in it does the true fearlessness within us grow. Man must become fearless. He must not lead a life full of fear. Man lives full of fear every moment. This fear must go.