In plain words
So, out of doubt, man is encouraging certain kinds of growth by his own hand. Man is sinking to a state where he cannot trust even himself. Unable to trust the money in his own Pocket, he thinks, “If it is in my pocket it may get lost,” and says, ‘Keep it in your pocket,’ putting it in someone else's pocket. Well then, having put it in this man's pocket, does he rest easy that it will be safe? No: ‘Will he give it back? Or will he not?’ Doubt again. So the whole of human life is turning into an anthill of doubts. Into this anthill of doubt enter the snakes of attachment and aversion. So our life has become an anthill. It is in a state where no one can say when attachment and aversion will come out of this anthill. Attachment and aversion alone bind man. The cause of this attachment and aversion is doubt itself. So man today must develop a deep faith. It does not matter even if there is no faith in God. He must develop faith in himself. Faith in oneself is itself faith in God.
Do not ask for desires without limit
Now the third is āvaraṇa. What is it that has covered us? Desires alone have covered us. Man is bound by these desires. Behind him, below him, above him, desires surround him. Whatever he does, whatever he sees, whatever he says, whatever he thinks, whatever state he is in, this desire never moves away. Man is bound in this thing called desire. The desire for wealth, the desire for power, the desire for health, the desire for fame, and more and more besides: all these desires keep circling. Desires are not a fault. Desires there must be. But desires have a certain limit. Man is being bound by these limitless desires alone. We must try to reduce desires of this kind little by little.
Man's bonds: the three cravings
Do all karma. Enjoy all the pleasures that belong to the world. But recognise that the fruit of all karma is the very principle of God. Whatever karma you do, think of it as done to please God. By this tyāga, humanness blossoms to some extent. We must try to teach humanness to the man of today; there is no use teaching him only Vedānta or any other kind of Śāstra. A child in his fifth year understands only when he is taught from a first-standard book; if he is taught from a tenth-standard book, what will he understand? Man today is a first-standard pupil. He is bound only by these three cravings: the craving for wealth, the craving for a wife, the craving for sons. These three cravings remain as man's bonds.