Passage 5

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After that, relatives tie a bond around him. In this way each one, in a manner of his own, helps man or does him good on his journey through life. Without the support and backing of others, man can reach neither a high state nor a downfall. Having received the help of others on life's journey, what help is man able to give his fellow man? Doing good to one who does good is nothing great; doing good even to one who does harm: that is great! Since man has come to this position while living in society, he too must do some good to society. All his fame and honour have come from society itself. Without society you could not reach such a position. So you must do service to society. Of this very thing they said, ‘In the eighteen Purāṇas, Vyāsa has two sayings: helping others brings merit; harming others brings sin.’ The span of man's life is very short. Within this short time, man's heart does not consent to recognise the Satya. The reason is that he grows excessive attachment to desires that are passing and impermanent! As a result man forgets the Satya, puts his faith in the untrue world alone, and so passes his daily life.

Today man lets go of the base and clings to what rests on it

From dawn until night man loves most what is passing, untrue and impermanent. He takes no step forward to love the divinity that is eternal Satya. He lets go of the base and clings to what rests on it. We must try to return help for help received. We must not hurt anyone at all. If you can, do good! Which man lives by this Satya? He knows that this is bad and this is good. He knows too that doing bad brings a bad result. Yet man chooses the very thing that is bad. In the same way he knows what is good.