In plain words
From birth we must practise sitting. We must practise walking. We must run. We must talk. We must practise eating food. All these come about through practice. For today's students, even a forty-foot road has no room for them to walk! Prahlāda called all this a symptom of the delirium of youth. People must walk watching their own steps. That is the right way to walk. The walking goes on somewhere. The glances go off somewhere else. This causes accidents. Through that they meet with many kinds of trouble. So by practice of this kind we can bring the senses into harmony to some extent. Some people are even more unsightly when they sleep. Like the big bundle a washerman ties up and carries off, they turn into just such a bundle. They sleep bent double, all crammed together. Through that they fall prey to many diseases too. When they sit, they sit bent over like people of seventy or eighty. This is not good. Because the spinal column bends, old age comes very soon. When you walk, walk straight, like a stick. When you sit too, sit like a stick. Do not sit bent over. Only when we practise do the senses too come under control, little by little. We must not go into needless matters. This is the weakness in humanity today. Even a person whose eyes cannot see and whose ears cannot hear asks, when two people are talking, 'What are they talking about?' Whatever they talk about, what is it to you? Why should you go into it? Some people just go up to everyone and keep on talking. This is nothing but a bad habit. They keep asking about other people's affairs too. What did that one say? What did this one say? What business has he with all this? It is through misdeeds like these that the senses bring us into more and more trouble. We must not go into anyone's affairs at all. Take only as much as you need. Talking with whoever you come across brings loss of respect. No one will respect you. When you come along, people say, 'Here he comes, this fellow!' and slip off to one side. If you have some need: when someone says good morning, good morning; How are you, How are you.