In plain words
Past is past. Forget the past. We have come along the road we walked, looking at it as we came, have we not? Why then look back? However many lakhs you spend, however many crores you spend, it will not come back even one second or one inch. Why should we think about what will not come back? Then the future: this we do not know. It is unfathomable. When you think 'Tomorrow, tomorrow', what surety is there that we will live until tomorrow? What certainty at all do we have of tomorrow? So why should we think about what is not certain? Future is not sure. Why ensure such a thing? Through these two kinds of worry our life is being wasted. Man today falls prey to sorrow, falls prey to worry, falls prey to illness: what is the reason for this? Not content with what they have, they toil after what they do not have. That is why man falls prey to unrest.
Students! The past. The past. The future, the future. We need not brood over these two. The present is most important. Present, this is not ordinary present but omnipresent. The future lies in this present. The fruit of the Past lies in the present. Whatever seed we sowed before, that plant has come up. Whatever plant we plant now, you will enjoy that fruit later. So future and past both lie in the present. So live the present on the proper path. We should give no room to any worry. When we live by this proper path, our life will turn into an ideal life. It will turn into a life full of nectar. It will attain immortality. It will make humanness worthwhile.
Students! You must not neglect the special worth of the body. In this world all things are impermanent. But do we neglect everything? No. The world is made up of these two forms: anityaṃ, asukhaṃ. We must experience it in the right way and try to use it in the right way. So think of the body as a temple; this temple, what kind of temple is it? A walking temple; wherever it walks, God is there all around.