In plain words
We must strive for the welfare of the world as is fitting. All must strive together, as one. The oneness of all is itself society. The welfare of this society is itself man's natural dharma. When we say dharma, it is not these āśrama dharmas: the dharma of the householder, the dharma of the forest-dweller, the dharma of the sannyāsī. We must practise the dharma of the heart, the one that matters. If you are to practise the dharma of the heart, you must live with the principle of Prema. Nothing greater than Prema is to be found in this world. Where there is Prema, everything is right there. That is precisely why any act at all, be it a word or be it play, must begin through Prema. When it begins with Prema, what is called divinity takes shape. Today all of you know this. They are building mandirs; they are raising churches. They are building mosques. They are forming societies, but look at the way all these are changing. All of them are turning into a field of business. Business in the mandirs. Business in the mosques, business in the churches, business in the institutions, business in the associations. It is all business. On the spiritual path there is no place for business. In spirituality: heart to heart, love to love. This alone is true business. But today in everything it is money, money. For this money they are selling their whole life. This is not it. We must sell it for Prema. We must sell it for sacrifice. We must sell it for kindness. Kindness itself is the chief mark of man. That is why it has been said, ‘The kind heart alone is the temple of God.’ Today we must go on developing such sacred feelings. They are doing some service or other. They are toiling in society in many ways. But this much alone is not enough.
Not tapas, not holy waters, not the śāstras, nor japa: in crossing the ocean of saṃsāra, nothing avails without serving the good.
As this says, within our humanness we must render service to the good. There is nothing greater than this service. We must help the poor and those with no one to turn to as far as we are able, and offer them patience and co-operation. Only when both patience and co-operation are there does humanness live and breathe.