GRS

 Here’s the English translation of the Hindi text from both images, combined smoothly so you can read it as one continuous passage:

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English Translation

18 April 1996

Bali Cliff Resort, Bali, Indonesia

45. Words

We add meaning to words, and we are the ones who distort them.

Do not get trapped in words. Your worries are in words. Your thoughts too are words.

But wisdom lies beyond words. It is your very existence — the essence of all expression.

Look beyond words, and then truth will arise in your life.

For example, there is a word: freedom from illusion. It sounds wonderful that you are free from illusion and have come into reality.

Or take the word Purāṇa — it originally means “that which is new in the town,” the most modern. But today it is used to mean “old.”

Over time, the meanings of words change.

The word enthused comes from Greek, meaning “God is within us.” Over time it became associated with madness, and now its meaning has completely changed.

The clever use of words is falsehood.

Playing with words is mockery.

Dependence on words is ignorance.

Going beyond words is wisdom.

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