Passage 1

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In plain words

Sweeter than sugar, more delicious than the cream of curds, more satisfying than the richest honey; and as you say it over and over, it grows ever more delicious and seems nectar itself; so, every day, keep well in mind, all of you, that name of Rāma.

Embodiments of Prema!

Rāma alone is the lord of faith. He alone is the well-wisher. To recognise the principle of Rāmacandra, who is such an ideal, is not so easy. Even counting the waves of the ocean is easy, but describing the host of Rāma's virtues is not possible. The one who dwells in all is Rāmacandra himself. Creation itself is one home. The whole of mankind itself is one caste. Only a person who has recognised these bonds of kinship recognises the principle of Rāma. Under everyone's feet is the one earth. Over everyone's head is the one sky. All breathe the one air. All drink the one water. Only people who have recognised this principle of oneness try to know the principle of Rāma. The Vedas have taught two kinds of dharma. The one, pravṛtti; the second, nivṛtti.

Only one who recognises the principle of pravṛtti and nivṛtti is a teacher

Pravṛtti is worldly. It builds the qualities that suit a life bound to nature; but nivṛtti teaches Ātmajñāna. Only one who has recognised the differences between this pravṛtti and nivṛtti is a teacher. Whatever the work, how one must do it: that is pravṛtti.