In plain words
They have kept winning fame and wealth. They have even gone on to receive the Nobel Prize. But their names have stayed only in books; they have not stayed in the hearts of people. The names of those with sacred feelings must stay in the hearts of all people. A small example. In Calcutta there were very great scholars. But even the names of such scholars kept fading away within a few years, like a block of ice melting. Yet Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṃsa, who did not know a single letter, is held fast, always, within the hearts of everyone in the whole world: is learning the reason for this? In the same way, when many great souls are enshrined in people's hearts, what is the reason for it? It is by the thought of God, by the spirit of giving, by a nature given to sacrifice that such a name became theirs in truth.
When the sight is fixed on God, no danger of any kind befalls
The other day, at the primary school children's programme, a little child was dancing as Kṛṣṇa on the serpent. All of you saw it. There, because firecrackers were let off, the fire caught the clothes. The flames kept growing. The police, the volunteers and the other children all carried water in buckets and tried to put out the flames. There was a great commotion. But that boy, in his one-pointedness, saw nothing of what was happening, who was coming, who was doing what. He was dancing with an undivided gaze on Svāmī. He kept his sight fixed on Svāmī alone. When the sight is on God, no danger of any kind befalls. All around there were decorations made of paper. Behind them five hundred children were sitting. If all that had caught fire, what would have happened? Even dangers that come like a mountain melt away like snow through the thought of God. Along with the worldly outlook, the thought of the Paramātma is most necessary. Along with studies, saṃskāra is most necessary. What does saṃskāra mean? Knowing well. ‘Lokāssamastā sukhinobhavantu’: nobody recognises the essence in this.