In plain words
What is permanent for us? We must contemplate God. Whoever we look at, we must be filled with the feeling of God. Why? ‘Mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtas sanātanaḥ’: every one of these is indeed a part of God. When you regard yourselves as such a part, God knows no sorrow, no hardship, no grief. That kind of faith must grow in you. To think that you are indeed a part of God, and to suffer sorrows that divinity does not know! What is this? Saying one thing, doing another. This is not good. There must be the oneness of the three. In ancient times, in Vedānta, they called this very thing the tripuṭī and said there must be the oneness of the three. Only then does humanness become worthwhile. The oneness of these three is nowhere to be seen. So our saṅkalpa must become action that belongs to sacred speech. Only when these three are pure does the oneness of the tripuṭī come about.
The three guṇas, the shape of three leaves, three eyes and three weapons, destroying the sins of three births: one bilva offered to Śiva.
Past, present, future: the three births find their fulfilment. Through what? Through this tripuṭī alone. We must bring this tripuṭī to fulfilment. This itself is true bhajan, this itself is true dhyāna, this itself is true japa. If in japa you keep saying “Rām, Rām” to yourself while your mind goes off to the market, what is the use of doing the Name? This is not true japa. There must be the oneness of the three. Wealth is certainly necessary; food is certainly necessary. But there must be only as much as is fitting. It must stay within limits. When it goes beyond measure, the mind too is spoiled. Measured food, great ease. Measured speech, great ease. Too much food, harm to the mind. Too much talk, harm to the mind.
By Sacrifice Alone Have Some Attained Immortality
We must stay within limits, only as far as is right. Our temperature stays at 98.4F. But if it reaches 99F, the fever has started. This too must stay within limits. Our pulse stays at 70-75. If it reaches 80-100, that means ill health.