In plain words
See no evil, see what is good hear no evil, hear what is good talk no evil, talk what is good think no evil, think what is good. Do no evil, do what is good This is the way to God.
If at every turn there is bad look, bad hearing, bad thoughts, bad work, you become bad. First of all, students must never go into a place where bad words are spoken. Because yours is still a tender mind. A very pure, sensitive mind. You know no hardships, no losses, no sorrows. So do not enter into bad talk at all. And if you do happen to hear, you must not come back afterwards and tell another. That amounts to your doing hurt. Speak good. You must not speak of bad things. By your speaking ill, they may suffer a great deal. Is causing others pain not hurt? If any hurt comes to you, digest it yourself, but never tell others. In the same way, you must not speak ill to others at all. Those who speak that ill are themselves very bad people. If they were truly good, they would not speak ill at all. Your very hearing it is an evil. Purify within yourself what you have heard. But you must not tell it to another. If we learn qualities like these, what greater Jñāna can there be than this? That is why they said, ‘From Jñāna alone comes Kaivalya.’ What did they think Jñāna is? They called the vision of Advaita Jñāna. They called acquaintance with books itself Jñāna. None of these is Jñāna at all. Whenever humanness has in it the nature of never hurting anyone, that alone is true Jñāna. Do not hurt anyone. Do not be hurt yourself.
‘He who goes his way without hurting others and without being hurt himself is blessed,’ they said. Never listen to bad words. If bad deeds are going on, do not stay there. And if you have the strength and ability, condemn it: ‘You must not do this.’ You do have that strength. All our students must enter training of that kind and hold out the right ideal to the country.