In plain words
Only when sacred feelings like these take root in the hearts of the students can you, in the future, give Ānanda to others in full measure and enjoy Ānanda yourselves as well. We look without measure at the outer scene. That very thing we take to be true. But there is a root foundation for it.
Walls, doors, windows, all of it we can see. This is what we see, but these stand on the foundations that support them. A tree stands lush and green, glowing with life. It is full of fruit and flowers. But what supports it is the roots. Only when the roots are sound can the fruits be gathered. The children's body is a big Tree. relationship branches. Self-confidence itself is the roots. Our Thoughts flowers. good words fruits. fruit juice character. With fruit above and no root below, this is fire wood, not a tree. So only when there is the root called confidence below, and the juice called character, does one take shape as a man. So self-confidence is most essential. Today the reason for so many kinds of restlessness and unrest in the world is the loss of self-confidence itself. We long to have Ānanda. happiness is union with God. Where happy really comes from…: it does not come from doing whatever work you please. Whatever work you do, do it with joy, with liking. Words too must be spoken well. That is what we must learn. For what has this human birth come? ‘Parōpakārārtham i…ṃ śarīraṃ’; ‘Śarīramādyaṃ khalu dharmasādhakaṃ.’ We think it has come to perform karmas. To perform what kind of karma…? To perform karmas connected with Dharma. Because a body has come, one must not do whatever karmas come along. As far as divinity is to be given to humanness, so far must we use it…. If it is led onto a wrong path, danger results. There is a knife. What is the knife for? It is to be used for … some fruit or for cutting vegetables. If you stab another person with that knife, is that not doing harm? The knife's fault …. It is the fault of the one who holds the knife. Manas is a knife. It must be used… in works that help others. Otherwise, if you go on following your Manas, danger results. Learning and wealth are pure…. There is no fault in them at all. They are like pure water. If you … this pure water into a red vessel, it shows as red colour. If you pour it into a green vessel, it shows as green colour. Our body is a bottle. If you fill it with bad feelings, it takes a bad form. There is no fault in this. It takes on the distort… of the bottle. I have told you many times. There is a door. On the door we have put a Lock. If you turn this Lock's key to the left side, it is open. If you turn it to the right side, it is lock. The turning: