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•whole system is watered. By loving Sri Krishna the
whole universe is loved. When He is the friend of
any person, all animate and inanimate objects are his
friends. . . • Learn to love Krishna, and you will get
all and everything you want, and something more. . . .
Love Krishna with all your heart and expect love from
Him alons. You cannot do so of others, nor is it of any
use to do so. ... To have Krishna is to have the entire

•world. The whole universe will be your own. The
very people whom you have to forget in order to reach
Krishna will again be yours when you have made
Krishna your own.

Love all, and the more you extend your circle of love,
the more will be your joy. . . . Living in this way, if
you engage yourself in doing good to others, pride will
never enter your mind.'. . . Once bereft of pride, you
will find the selfless Nityananda's mercy, and then the
attainment of the grace of Sri Krishna Chaitanya. You
will then be quite still. You will then not only enjoy
the highest bliss yourself, but make others float in joy
and drown others in joy. . • . So long as you do not
entirely offer up yourself for others, you will not under-
stand what this love is and what sweetness lies therein.
. . . He who seeks Prema1 should first learn to love
indiscriminately.

6. Sharing in the Lord's Play

All the actions in this world are mere play-actings
, . . We cannot leave the stage unless we play our parts

1 Pvema, the Latin cayitas almost, Divine Love.
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