Passage 12

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In plain words

It has been refined by spirituality. Without spirituality there is no refinement for it. Without refinement there is no culture either. So first of all there must be refinement. What is the very form of all refinement is spirituality; that is ādhyātmikam. Such spirituality has today wasted away completely in man. Spirituality has become a thing to laugh at. Yes, indeed! Spirituality is laughable indeed. Laughable to whom? It is laughable to the fool who has taken a merely physical, worldly life to be true and permanent. To one who believes the truth that this is physical, worldly, transient, passing clouds, spirituality is like a spotless gem. That is his ornament. The man of today must wear this ornament. Only then will a divine humanness take shape.

Students! Our Bhāratīya culture cannot be described as being like this or like that. People of all races, of all lands and of all castes have gone on praising it greatly. Among them: Bābar, of the Muslim faith. He had great faith in Bhāratīya culture. His son Humāyūn came to Bhārata as its first king. Bābar was very happy at this. In his joy he wrote Humāyūn a long letter. Humāyūn. How fortunate you are! How fortunate I am that such a fortunate son was born to me! That you should be emperor of sacred Bhārata, of Bhārata that harmonises all faiths, of Bhārata that shows the oneness in the many, of the essence of the Bhāratīya faith, which is the essence of all faiths! How fortunate you are! But keep this good fortune. Do not stand in the way of Bhāratīya culture in the least. It is mightily powerful. There is nothing else in the world that it cannot achieve. Do not stand in the way of such a Bhāratīya tradition in the least; whatever decision you have to make, consult the people of Bhārata and take fitting counsel from them: so Bābar went on writing. He was the great warrior who founded the Mughal empire. Such a one as Bābar went on praising Bhāratīya culture so highly.