In plain words
Only while he is doing the action does he say, “I did it.” If the result turns out badly, he says, “This is not mine.” So, whether good or bad, we must lay the responsibility on God and try to carry out our duty.
Though you bring many flowers and offer worship, He will not be pleased; He will not take them. Offer the lotus of the heart, and He, the merciful, accepts it, Sathya Sai, giver of Prema and Śānti.
The Paramātma is not pleased with your flowers. With you there is one flower. It is one that does not wither, does not droop, does not burn and does not fall. That is the lotus of the heart. That lotus of the heart lives in water. What is that water? It is the water of Prema. Without the water of that Prema, the lotus of the heart cannot live for even a moment. Rādhā spoke. For a long time she kept her heart's lotus, Kṛṣṇa, safe in the water called Prema. “Kṛṣṇa, to keep the lotus of my heart safe, I made the streams from my eyes flow like canals. That water too has dried up. I kept it in … I went on keeping it safe in the water called Prema. That has dried up. What You gave me, I offer to You alone.”
Whatever heart You gave me, O Lord, that very heart I give back to You, glorious one; what else could I bring for Your worship? I fold my palms: You, Lord, receive it.
I did not bring this heart with me. You Yourself put it in and sent me. You Yourself gave me this monkey mind and sent me. All these are Your gifts of grace. All these gifts of grace I offer to You alone. If we understand this sacred, complete feeling, there is room for life to grow in supreme peace, in happiness and in Ānanda. The power of God itself is this world. God is not separate. Seeing this Prakṛti as the Paramātma, we must enjoy it well and put it to right use.
Education. What is education? Because we put our delusion on the body, the senses, the antaḥkaraṇa and the rest, we develop the learning called Ajñāna. They are only instruments; they are not us. When I say, “This is My towel,” do I become that towel? The towel is one thing, I am another. When I say, “My body,” I am not the body. The body is apart from Me. Students today must develop principles of this kind. To be happy here, hēmatāraka vidyā; to be happy hereafter, Brahmavidyā. These worldly kinds of learning are necessary for us. But we must enjoy the world of Prakṛti with a vision of the highest. This is the inner meaning of the education of today.