In plain words
Before birth, who is the mother? Who is the child? Only after the child is born does love for it arise in the mother. In the same way, only after marriage do husband and wife love each other, the husband the wife and the wife the husband. The love of mother and child, of husband and wife, of kin and friends, of sisters, of brothers: all these are negative loves, bound to the body. Love bound to the body does not deserve to be called Prema. Give-and-take is not true Prema either. Some devotees make a vow: “God! If my work is done, I will break ten coconuts for You.” They give worthless hair and keep asking for lofty wishes. Is this Bhakti? No, no. Give-and-take belongs only to trade, not to Bhakti. The true devotee only gives; there is no taking at all. Offering itself is the chief mark of Bhakti.
Human life is a blend of this world and the world beyond. But man today forgets the world beyond, puts his faith in this world alone, and enjoys it through the mind. As long as one follows the mind, there will be no peace and security for oneself, for society or for the nation. Only when man puts away his tie to the mind and fosters the principle of Prema that belongs to the heart will peace and security come to the world.
This World Is a Mixture of Dharma and Adharma
Dharma and Adharma, cold and heat, sin and merit, Satya and Asatya: the harmony of such pairs of opposites is the very working of creation. In this world it is not possible for Dharma alone to exist. Likewise, Adharma alone cannot exist either. Many people hope to root out Adharma completely and establish Dharma. That is impossible. This world is nothing but a mixture of Dharma and Adharma. Without Dharma and Adharma, Satya and Asatya, the world cannot stand. Man must follow Dharma alone, put Adharma out of his mind, and live his life that way. If man forgets his humanity and develops the animal in him, peace and security cannot last. To give one's life over only to food, sleep, fear and mating is the nature of a beast. Food, sleep, fear and mating: these are the same for men and for beasts.