In plain words
We may study … . We may hold any number of positions. We may earn any amount of wealth. We may earn any amount of fame … . Are all these lasting? Not recognising one's own nature, if one thinks, ‘I shall se… … this and that’, it is mere madness. For one who does not know himself, however much he comes to know, what use … ? They travel lakhs of miles through space, but they do not travel even half an inch into the depths of the heart.
This is not the journey we must make. We must tur… … Manas within. As long as we are turned outward, it is the world that appears to us, seen face to face. As long as …the world is there, we cannot escape joy and sorrow. We do not ne… … to go very far. In sleep there is no world for us. When there is no world, there is no Manas. When there is no Manas, there is no … sorrow. Just by checking Manas in the one state of sleep, we become those who have checked joy and sorrow… … . So if man wants lasting peace and joy, he must first of all check Manas. We must make Manas travel ēramārgamaipuku. We must … that way. That is true sādhana. It is not just that we do japa and dhyāna and all the rest. If that is all, we only become people who have wasted … . We must change the mind, first of all. If the mind does not change, however much a man changes, there is no use. If our nature does not change, however many clothes we change, there is no use. … , what we must change today is our nature. It must turn into goodness. It must … into a feeling that is divine. This is the true teaching.
Today is Guru Pūrṇimā. What does pūrṇimā mean? The moon being in its state of fullness. The sixteen kalās in …the moon merging into the rays of the sun. In the mind, the refle… … of the moon, there are also sixteen qualities. The six inner enemies: kāma, krōdha, lōbha, … and mātsarya. The tamōguṇa and the rajōguṇa. These are eight. The eight kinds of pride, pride of birth, pride of wealth, …pride, pride of youth, pride of beauty, pride of tapas, pride of truth: these eight prides … , and man takes shape as sixteen qualities. The day we make these sixteen qualities … , that very day we become full beings. Only when we come to have such a state … , free of qualities, do we become those who have attained the perfect form. It is this state of fullness that they … pūrṇimā.
Who brings about this state of pūrṇimā? He alone is the guru. Guru means only gukārē, one who is … .