In plain words
I do not tell you to give them up. But it is enough if, on a holy path, you can do the things that are easily followed in our daily life: no hiṃsā, no untruth, no lapse in brahmacarya, no taking away of others' things. We must not steal anything of anyone's. If you need it, ask and take it! To some extent there is no wrong in that. That too is a wrong! Not so big a wrong. Still, many children, not knowing, get into small little things. Later these very things grow into a big tree. Once it has grown, no one can do anything about it. Nip it off while it is still a small plant. These are the things children must learn today. With all the śraddhā and Bhakti with which you learn your studies, bring that śraddhā and Bhakti into the spiritual too. All these worldly studies serve us only for a while. After you retire, what comes of them? What one studies is one thing; the work we do is another. ‘I have passed my BCom. I applied to the employment office. Even after a year or two, no reply’: so you think, and you grieve. What do you end up doing at last? You join as some policeman. What you studied is one thing; what you do is a police job. Why should you take so much trouble for a police job? It all happens with no connection between the one and the other. Worldly knowledge is needed! But you cannot say that with this you will gain that. The supreme goal of life matters most. That is the divine principle. We must make that principle of Prema arise from within our hearts.
With God's grace we can achieve anything
If we have the grace of God alone, we can achieve anything. You saw it, the Gōrā Kumbhār play, the day before yesterday. He had Prema for his son while he was outside. He kept teaching that son many things. ‘My dear son! Do nāmasmaraṇa. This is what will be of use to you. This is the gift for your birthday’: so he kept telling him many things.