Passage 25

In English

UNITY IN DIVERSITY:

Hence, we should strive to see unity in diversity. Though thousands are seated in this auditorium, the air which they breathe is the same. Beings are many, but the breath is the same. Our bodies are like chariots and the charioteer is the Self. Though the chariots are different, the charioteer is the same. In spite of the manifold diversity amongst men, there is a striking unity as well. As regards birth, a millionaire and a pauper come to this world through the womb of the mother. All people have hunger, whether one is a millionaire or a pauper. The millionaire may take sumptuous meals while the pauper may take meagre meals, but hunger is common to both. The millionaire and pauper are equal in their death. All people have thirst, though the way they quench their thirst may be different. The millionaire may drink cool drinks while the pauper may drink cold water from a stream, but thirst is the same. Oneness marks the life of man, in hunger and thirst, in birth and death.