Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India

It is said that every man in pursuing his personal interest furthers the good of all for the progress of the collective whole is the sum-total of the progress of the individuals. [...] consequently uphold the demand of the masses for a larger share in the management and use of the commonwealth and its funds. [...] Progress of civilisation and social well-being lie in the suordination of the selfish to the unselfish of the material to the spiritual. [...] From the study of this chapter he will also realise how firmly based in the Vedic Scriptures is that synthesis of Devotion and Knowledge which is charateristic of the teaching of the Ramakrishna Mission Like the rest of the Yajur Veda the chapter is in ufettered words " i.e. [...] God is seen by them to be the Great and Eternal Good the Hope and Light of the World the Source of all Energy the First and Last Reality the Begining and End of all that is was or shall be.