In plain words
We founded the educational institutions with the very aim of teaching such knowledge of the Ātma. Otherwise, why should We set up these schools and colleges? In Our colleges the highest importance is given to good conduct, good qualities and good practices. Every one of you must follow this sacred path and develop the desire to reach God. Without such a desire, what use is there in being born a human being?!
Sādhana without purity of the citta is fruitless
Only when the citta is pure does everything come to us. Some people just keep turning a japamālā in their hands. Does it become japa merely by turning the beads? True japa is nothing but thinking of God, forgetting worldly and mundane matters. Only one who recognises one's own fundamental principle is a true human being. Merely learning by heart the ślokas of the Bhagavad Gītā is of no use. If you put even a single śloka into practice, that is enough. If you just sit with your eyes closed in the name of dhyāna, will God appear to you? Leave aside seeing God: you will not even see the people right in front of you. God is right within you, unmanifest. Only one who makes manifest the divinity lying unmanifest is a true person. If you understand the Ātma principle and practise the right sādhana, you will surely experience the Ātma directly. However much japa you do, however much tapas you do, without purity of the citta it is of no use. Whatever sādhana you do, you must fix your mind on the Ātma principle. Just as the bee alights on a flower and sips its nectar, your mind must be centred on the Ātma.
‘Mā - na - va’
Only one who has a mind is a human being. We must reach the state beyond the mind. Another name for a human being is mānava. What does ‘mānava’ mean? ‘Mā’ means Māyā, possessiveness. ‘Na’ means ‘is not’.