2 May 2026
Saturday
God is Premaswarupa (Embodiment of Love); God is in every being; so the fruit of every life is full of the sweetness of that Prema. Like the bitter skin of the fruit, which is sweet, which casts the cover of ignorance over the precious juice within, so too, the bitter skin of envy, egoism, hate, malice, greed, lust, and pomp does not allow the sweetness to be patent to all. Every being is entitled to partake of that Prema, irrespective of nationality, colour, creed, or status in society. When God and God’s Prema are activating every atom, who can dare say, ‘Stand out’ to anyone? Isavasyamidam sarvam - All this is God, is Prema. The lights that Vyasa lit to reveal this great reality have become dim; no one is pouring oil into the lamp; all are interested in pursuing false ideals and fleeting pleasures. Vyasa taught Dharma (Righteousness) in the Mahabharata, Bhakthi (Devotion) in the Bhagavata, and Shanti and Prema (Peace and Love) in the 18 Puranas; he taught the knowledge of “knowledge, knower, and the known” in the Brahmasutra. He emphasised that harming others is the seed of sin and serving others the seed of merit. That is the lesson of Prema, pure and simple.
From Swami’s discourse of 21 July 1967
God is Premaswarupa (Embodiment of Love); God is in every being; so the fruit of every life is full of the sweetness of that Prema. Like the bitter skin of the fruit, which is sweet, which casts the cover of ignorance over the precious juice within, so too, the bitter skin of envy, egoism, hate, malice, greed, lust, and pomp does not allow the sweetness to be patent to all. Every being is entitled to partake of that Prema, irrespective of nationality, colour, creed, or status in society. When God and God’s Prema are activating every atom, who can dare say, ‘Stand out’ to anyone? Isavasyamidam sarvam - All this is God, is Prema. The lights that Vyasa lit to reveal this great reality have become dim; no one is pouring oil into the lamp; all are interested in pursuing false ideals and fleeting pleasures. Vyasa taught Dharma (Righteousness) in the Mahabharata, Bhakthi (Devotion) in the Bhagavata, and Shanti and Prema (Peace and Love) in the 18 Puranas; he taught the knowledge of “knowledge, knower, and the known” in the Brahmasutra. He emphasised that harming others is the seed of sin and serving others the seed of merit. That is the lesson of Prema, pure and simple.