Animals and human beings have four things in common

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Animals and human beings have these things in common - eating, wandering about, sleeping and seeking pleasure. However, human beings have other unique abilities like the power to reason out, the power to renounce and the power to decide on right and wrong. These are the special powers of human beings. These powers should be applied not only in worldly matters, but also in the investigation of the Ultimate Truth. If Discrimination, Renunciation and Inquiry are carried out while passing through the joys and sorrows of life, conviction is bound to dawn in a moment that all the worldly pleasures are unreal and have no basis for eternal joy. When such knowledge dawns, one is bound to tread the path of religion, perform Sadhana and take up the inquiry which leads him to Truth. This is the

task that mankind must be engaged in.