In plain words
the soul will keep assuming many other bodies in the process of transformation, this view is one on which all agree.
We now come to the truth therein, for the human intellect in the spiritual field, which is the most excellent and most wondrous of all. It is this: whether people are Śāktas, Śaivas, Vaiṣṇavas, Buddhists or Jains, all Hindus without exception believe that the Ātma is inherently pure, perfect and blissful. The dualists hold that the Ātma's natural bliss became contracted by the fruit of deeds done in a former life, and that by the attainment of God's grace it blossoms forth again — this is what they hold. The non-dualists hold that this very notion of contraction is itself mistaken, and that though the Ātma shines continuously in perfect radiance, even so, because of the veil of māyā, its power seems to us as if lost — this is what they hold. However this difference of view may stand, if we all stand firm at the central truth on which we agree and look from there, a boundless, unfathomable gulf becomes visible between the notions of East and West. People of the East seek what is glorious and beneficial within the inner world. At the time of worship, we close our eyes and try to discover God within ourselves. Westerners, with faces turned upward, try to discover God outside themselves. Westerners believe that their own scriptures were written by God's inspiration. Bharatiyas, for their part, believe that the Vedas issued forth directly from God Himself in the form of breath, and came to us through the hearts of the great ṛṣis who were the seers of the mantras — this is what they believe.
There is another matter we must understand, and on this matter we must always hold firm. What is it? One who keeps thinking, night and day, that he himself is worthless, never achieves anything at all in his own