Passage 1

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In plain words

To have a spotless mind: that is true learning. To have gracious virtues: that is true study. To have a natural spirit: that is true refinement. To have good conduct: that is to be a man. In the wind the flame of a lamp keeps flickering; where there is no wind it stays still. When the wind called desire is held down, the mind turns good, its veil cast off.

Students!

The vast ocean keeps scattering countless waves. Each wave, taking on its own form and name, appears in different shapes through various differences. But none of these is different from the ocean. In the same way, though the countless living beings in the world live in various forms and names, all of them are drops in the one unbroken ocean of Sat-cit-ānanda. All human beings, all living beings, are holy forms filled with divinity. ‘Ātmavat sarvabhūtāni’: this is the main teaching of the Indian scriptures. The holy scriptures of Bhārata have gone on teaching the Satya that this divine principle dwells in all living beings as the form of the Ātma. Though this divinity is seen in many forms, the oneness within it, the Ātma principle, is clearly explained.

Mṛtpiṇḍamekaṃ bahubhāṇḍa rūpaṃ gokṣīramekaṃ bahudhenu jātaṃ suvarṇamekaṃ bahubhūṣaṇāni ekaṃ parātmā bahudehavartī.

Though clay is one, the pots it takes shape as are many. Though gold is one, it is made into ornaments bearing many forms and names. Though the cows are different, the colour of the milk is one and the same. God too, though He is One, appears in many forms and names.

Students! Our senses cannot be the Ātma. The senses can touch.