Passage 4

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In plain words

must enter. Devout Dharma is wealth that comes down to all people with equal right; it is the birthright of every human being. Bharatiyas must therefore go to every doorstep and introduce it into every household. Just as the air in God's creation is available to everyone, devout Dharma too must be equally available to all. If Bharatiyas hold to this broad notion and cultivate unity of view within it, the differences of opinion among us will settle themselves of their own accord.

However much one may pray to the darkness of a house that has been dark for centuries together, having entered it, or revile it, or be fully prepared to do battle with it, that darkness will not go. But the moment you light a single lamp near you, that darkness vanishes completely. Those who desire to reform and improve humanity must first recognize this truth, and having recognized it, must strive to put it into practice.

That greatness dwells within man — to believe this alone is the Bharatiya highest teaching. It is not clear why they imagine man to be fallen and sinful. Even in a man who seems demon-like, self-confidence must be regarded as primary and as equal to that of anyone else. If faults appear in him, one may well regard it as a defect of conduct, but his self-confidence must not be taken away. Faults must be regarded as the defects of bad company — they are not his natural qualities. At such a time, one may well try, in a fitting manner, to bring him into good company, but one must not condemn him or set him apart.

The body is built of atoms. Those atoms belong to what is called physical substance. This physical substance is insensate and inert. What the Vedāntins call the subtle body, too, is exactly the same.