In English
Elimination of desires leads to
The practice of offering worship and revering elders (on New Year's Day) also appear to be artificial acts in a play on life's stage. When the source of all happiness is within you, if you go about seeking happiness from others, it is unnatural. If you desire to elevate yourself and attain a higher level, you have to adopt the appropriate means. This does not mean trying to fly like birds. What you aspire for is (Liberation). The declare: Liberation will not fall from the sky. Nor is it to be found in the Nether World or on the earth. It can be got only by the elimination of desires which constitute knots in the heart. To take an illustration from daily life: Bits of paper or pieces of cotton float in the air because they are lighter than air. Man is unable to go up spiritually because he allows himself to be weighed down by the heavy loads of his and (possessiveness and pride). Man is becoming heavier every day. His desires are getting insatiable. His selfishness and selfinterest are reaching the skies. How can a heavy-loaded mind and over-burdened senses help man to attain liberation? This is impossible. A man seeking liberation cannot attain it by merely' revering elders or practising meditation. These are formal acts. By these artificial means one cannot realise the sacred, subtle and boundless experience of the Divine. (Liberation) is not a specific place. Nor is it something that can be got from any preceptor or other person. To realise one's own true Self is Liberation. Obsessed with the external world, preoccupied with the acquisition of external objects, man's life is becoming more and more burdensome every day. Only by getting rid of these burdens can one hope to ascend spiritual heights.