Passage 1

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In plain words

Pushing slander far away, making feelings of Prema grow, only people with the good sense that says all is one can turn the earth into heaven.

Embodiments of Prema! “Satyaṃ brūyāt, priyaṃ brūyāt, na brūyāt satyam apriyaṃ.” The first is ethical, the second belongs to Dharma, the third is spiritual. Humanness is nothing other than these three blended together. We cannot see an ocean without waves, nor behold a sun without rays. An ocean without waves is no ocean; a sun without rays is no sun. In the same way, a man without Prema is no man. As vital as waves are to the ocean, and as vital as rays are to the sun, so much is Prema the mainstay of man. So man must live and act as a being of Prema. He must not harbour hatred toward anyone, nor hurt anyone. The Veda made known that God dwells in the heart. Only that which is filled with compassion is a heart. But through desires of the natural world, traits of pravṛtti and distorted feelings arise in man now and then. Desires alone are the root cause of bad qualities and of arrogance. Where there is Ahaṅkāra, compassion cannot stay.

Man must keep in view the place, the time and the circumstances; he must not live merely for selfish ends and his own gain. Vyaṣṭi, samaṣṭi, sṛṣṭi, Parameṣṭhi: this Prakṛti is nothing but these four blended together. Man, who is the vyaṣṭi, must join the samaṣṭi and strive to see Parameṣṭhi in sṛṣṭi. Jesus too said this very thing: he said that the life of the vyaṣṭi that does not join the samaṣṭi is futile. Only where there is ‘unity’ does ‘purity’ arise. Only where there is ‘purity’ does ‘divinity’ emerge. Only where there is ‘divinity’ is Ānanda attained.