In plain words
Wherever there is water, it goes on gathering it in for itself and drawing it to itself: so goes the ocean. This ocean, whose nature is to hoard, lies at the very bottom. Turning to vapour and being transformed, the clouds that have changed even the taste of this ocean into sweetness rise to a high level and go on thundering. But what makes the water of this ocean turn to vapour? The sun is the cause; through the sun's radiance this sea water turns to vapour and goes up to a high level. Right in this a lofty transformation keeps taking place. Though the ocean is salty, this transformation… by the pull of the sun it turns sweet, the water. More than that, as though it had taken up … place, it goes up and keeps thundering. What does the thundering mean! ‘I have turned the salty water sweet, and I stand at this high …’: so it shows itself to be an ideal. That is what it keeps teaching the world. In just the same way, we who live in the ocean called society, rather than sinking, sagging and rotting … in this society, earn from this society a sacred … and sweet, sacrificing, divine and noble feelings, and … ; and when we enter the thunder of spreading and teaching, only then does the fitting honour come to us. This itself is the right transformation. Otherwise, if the sea water itself goes up still wearing its salty form and merely thunders, ‘I am fine, I am at a high level,’ you have no value whatever. You may be at a high level, but what high quality is there? So we must earn high qualities and make ourselves people fit to teach in a high way.
First of all we must recognise the truth that society means only a gathering of human beings. We must also recognise the truth that the strength and ability of one's own individuality rest on society. The comfort and happiness of the individual rest on the comfort and happiness of society. That is why the spirit of sacrifice must enter individuals: ‘The powers I have, of body, mind and intellect, I must use not for myself but for society.’ So truly our welfare, our joy and our progress rest on society. But on us … not. I eat my own food, I live in my own house, I wear my own clothes. ‘What freedom is there beyond mine?’ To think so is plainly against understanding. Where did your food come to you from? It came from society alone. Where did your clothes come to you from? They came from society itself. It is not possible to live even for a moment cut off from society. Every single thing we receive from society alone.