In plain words
What use is there in doing all these? All this is like digging a well on the seashore. Sādhanas of this kind, done not for years but for ages, bring no fruit. First of all, we must keep our vision under control. To keep this vision under control, samyak bhāva must develop in us. When samyak bhāva enters us, samyak vāk develops. There are five senses. If you purify speech, hearing, vision, feeling, all these, that itself is the essence of all sādhanas. The essence of all sādhanas, the root of all goals, the essence of all the śāstras, is samyak dṛṣṭi itself. What use is there in reading any number of books? All these bring only a passing peace of mind. What use is there in going to any number of elders? As long as you are listening it gives a passing satisfaction. After that, it too turns into nothing but a worldly vision. So you must make the effort needed to turn samyak dṛṣṭi into something lasting.
First Bring under Control the Bad Feelings, Bad Qualities and Bad Deeds That Come from You
Students, girls and boys! First of all, we must keep our vision good. We must not have a look that hurts anyone. We must not listen to words spoken to hurt anyone. We must not speak words that wound anyone's heart. So, when first of all you keep these three, vision, hearing and speech, under control, samyak bhāva becomes a fitting aim for sākṣātkāra. By sādhanas of this kind the Buddha was able to attain nirvāṇa. He asked Ānand, the son of his father's younger brother, what nirvāṇa is. Then he told him. “Ānanda! We ourselves are the very form of Ānanda. We ourselves are embodiments of Śānti. We ourselves are embodiments of Jñāna. We are forgetting the Śānti in us, the Satya in us, the Jñāna in us. You hope that the Śānti you need will be found in the outer world.