Passage 19

cinmayamūrti ō cinnirāmā

His poems 131

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In plain words

He saves from tears, He brings tears

O Rāma, little one, form of pure consciousness, who makes the yogi an enjoyer and the enjoyer a yogi, the child Rāma of the company of devotees.

"God! God!": He brings the tears one weeps for God. He saves one from the tears one weeps for the world. Today there are rich people in the world. All their enjoyment is weeping! "If we sleep, where will all our money go? What thieves will carry it off? Will the government raid us?" They spend their lives in this very fear. They cannot even sleep properly. That is the whole nature of these rich people! It is not enjoyment; it is a disease! In thinking of the divine, He makes one a yogi. One turns into a renouncer. There are no sorrows or cares. Is that divine peace found by everyone?

You must learn your studies; I am not saying no. You must study. You must learn about the world. Man must have knowledge of the world as well. Without knowledge of the world man cannot live. Along with it we must also see this divine feeling. The reason is "Antar bahiś ca tat sarvaṃ vyāpya nārāyaṇaḥ". God is within and without. We must find the outer principle through learning and the inner principle through divine power, and attain the oneness of the two. In one hand there is water. In the other hand there is sugar. One cannot take water as water and sugar as sugar. If we mix this sugar and the water together into a sweet drink, we can drink it. So:

to be happy here, the learning that wins gold; to be happy hereafter, the learning of Brahman.

Only when one grasps the essence of these two kinds of learning can one become a true student. One can lead a true life. This is the ideal life. So, hoping that you all, for having been in this college so long, will try to practise at least a little, at least one or two things, and become examples to others, and blessing you, I bring My talk to a close.