In plain words
Ever so many śāstras, the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas cannot tear through the screen of the jīva's mind. On this side of the screen is the jīva; on that side dwells God; the effect is on this side, on that side the cause. Unless good springs up in the mind, good in the words and good in the deeds, how will Sai be pleased and give you joy? Say it for yourselves, sirs; I shall agree. Look at a plate on which a film is recorded, and it seems all of one kind; set it in the sound box and try it, and it gives out songs in ever so many ways.
Teachers! Students!
This mind is made of two natures, the animal and the divine. Falling prey to the six inner enemies, lust, anger and the rest, failing to make good use of the wealth of course, state and understanding that God has granted, falling prey to evil habits, man turns wicked, comes to a bad end, falls, and sinks lower than a beast. The other way is this: time, body, karma, wealth, state and course, with a mind set on Dharma, with noble feelings, with dedication to God, with morality and honesty; and so to attain humanness, and the divinity that is higher than humanness. To foster good thoughts and share them with some others, to hold this as man's chief Dharma and put every object to good use: this is the chief duty, for man. To look at, all men are one; yet, as ‘muṇḍe muṇḍe matirbhinnaḥ’ says, each one's thoughts appear different, their conduct different, their words different. To make these three one, to contemplate divinity and so fulfil one's humanness: that is the chief duty of the mind. As one's thoughts are, so is one's condition too.