English, 03.sep.24

You hear nowadays of equality (Samanatva), of each being equal to the rest. This is a wrong notion, for we find parents and children differently equipped; when one is happy, the other is miserable! There is no equality in hunger or joy! Of course, all are equally entitled to love and empathy, and to the grace of God. All are entitled to medicines in the hospital, but what is given to one should not be given to another! There can be no equality in doling out medicines! Each deserves the medicine that will cure him of his illness. I know that this struggle in the name of equality is only one of the ways in which man is trying to get Ananda! In almost all parts of the world, man is today pursuing many such shortcuts and wrong paths to achieve Ananda. But let Me tell you, without reforming conduct, daily behaviour, the little acts of daily life, Ananda will be beyond reach. I consider pravartna (conduct), as the most essential! – Divine Discourse, Nov 23, 1964.