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Love, Lover and the Loved, all those are One, and the same. Without Love, there can be no lover. Even if there are both Love and the Lover without the Loved, Love has no function. In all three, Love is the chief ingredient. That which is saturated chiefly, and uniformly in Everything, that is Paramaatma. So there is no difference between these three. In all three, Prema is discernible as the Sarvaantharyaami; therefore, can it not be realised that everything is Paramaatmaswarupa? Certainly, it can be realised without fail. Everything is suffused with Prema. So, we can unhesitatingly declare the Paramaatma as Premaswarupa. In the entire creation, for all living things, Prema is manifesting itself in various forms. The nature of Prema cannot alter, though it is known under different names like Vaatsalya, Anuraaga, Bhakthi, Ishtam etc., according to the direction in which it is canalised. But, whatever the form the essence cannot alter. On the basis of this knowledge and experience, the conclusion becomes clear that Paramaatma is Sarvabhoothaantharaatma, the inner Atma of all created things.

That which teaches the highest knowledge of this Unity is known as Adwaitha; that which teaches the principle of the Lover and the Loved, the Jiva and the Brahmam is known as Dwaitha; that which teaches about all three, Love, Lover and Loved, Prakriti, Jiva and Brahmam, is known as Visishtadwaitha. But these three are one. The child that is born changes into the student; the student changes into the householder; but all three are one and the same person, isn't it? While the manners and the attachments change in various ways, he remains the same. From milk, butter and buttermilk emerge. Milk, which contains all, is Adwaitha. Butter, which contains the two categories, is Dwaitha; after that is separated, the buttermilk which remains is Visishtadwaitha. But, though their tastes differ the colour of all these is the same, always. This, which is the same in all, is the Nirguna Brahmam. Next