Passage 7

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These degrees are not what matters. You must become worthy of divine Prema. Without it, all these degrees are worthless! Worldly love does not last. Divine Prema alone is true Prema. You must attain it. That Prema is your very life. For that Prema you must be ready to give even life itself. Thinking of all as children of one mother, you must love one another. All are children of God! So the Prema in all is one and the same! Your parents may be different. But life is one, is it not! Hold Prema to be your very life. Only then will the learning you have pursued bear fruit. A life that has forgotten Prema is meaningless. Worldly love is not the love you must share. Worldly love is not Prema. Prema that is eternal and true belongs to the heart. Make a fitting effort to share such divine Prema. Strive for the sake of Prema. Become worthy of divine Prema. You long for ‘divine love’. But you are drinking the ‘deep wine’ called worldly love. How can such people come by divine Prema? Prema that has forgotten self-interest is divine Prema. Only when you foster such Prema does your life merge with God. So pray for Prema. Live for Prema. Prema alone is your goal. When you become worthy of God's Prema, the whole world bows to you as your servant. So sacred is God's Prema. So pray always for God's Prema. Man today thinks money alone counts. Money comes in one minute and is gone the next. That is not the thing we should seek.

Foster Prema, my dear ones!

Students! I am labouring so much for your sake. I need not tell you specially. For you I will offer even my life. Love God. That alone is true Prema. Only those who have earned such Prema are true students. You must be true ‘students’, and must not turn ‘stupid’. You must not strive for base worldly love. Heart to heart, love to love ….