In plain words
“The form of Prema is full of Prema. That form of Prema is the form of God. It is like the vow that joins Prema to Prema. Whoever holds fast to such Prema becomes fit to attain ‘the One without a second’.”
“Words are most delicious, fragrant, pairs of the sweetest honey. These words are the four Vedas, śruti and smṛti. Such words are the causes of bondage and liberation, of joy and sorrow. Whoever sets these words in teachings of Prema, and makes ‘human values’ known so that evenness and fellow-feeling come to be, he, one must say, is the principle of God.”
Embodiments of Prema, students! Teachers! Lovers of learning!
Prema is beyond the guṇas. Its nature is to grow from moment to moment. This Prema flows ceaselessly, endlessly, in streams of nectar. The ṛṣis call it “the Ātma”. It springs from the heart. This Prema keeps turning the seeker's mind towards God alone. The way of Prema is like a compass. Wherever you set the compass, its needle points north. Prema has no distinction of “mine and another's”. There is no place in it for the selfish. That is why it is said, “The form of Prema cannot be described.” Neither language, nor poetry, nor learning can describe this Prema.
Attachment and Prema
In the dealings of the world this Prema shows itself in two ways: one is called anurāga, the other Prema. Though Prema is one, it takes on different forms according to how it is experienced. When Prema enters worldly dealings it is called ‘anurāga’. In this anurāga there is sorrow along with joy, and hatred along with attachment. What is made of joy and sorrow, of attachment and hatred, is anurāga. It springs from the mind. Prema is not like that. In it there is no room at all for sorrow or for attachment and hatred. Where there are attachment, hatred and sorrow, that can never be true Prema. It is only the working of anurāga.