Aphorisms of Narada: An Inquiry Into Love

2. Non-duality, with a distinction original: Vishishtadvaita — A school of thought where God is the supreme reality, but individual souls and the world are also real, existing as parts of God., i.e., God, soul and not-soul, but Deity imminent Though the original text uses "imminent," the author likely means "immanent," or dwelling within all things. in all.

3. Non-duality original: Advaita — The philosophical position that only the ultimate reality (Brahman) is real, and the individual self is identical to it., i.e., all is One, but appears many through nescience: A term for spiritual ignorance or the lack of true knowledge (Avidya) that prevents one from seeing the unity of all things..

Throughout these three divisions runs Bhakti original: Bhakti — The path of intense love and devotion toward the Divine., love and devotion, which by giving them their fire makes them living systems. Consequently various books have been written adapting Bhakti to these three views of the doctrine of the Upanisads: Ancient Sanskrit texts that form the philosophical foundation of Hinduism, focusing on the nature of the soul and the ultimate reality.

The Śândilya Sûtra A foundational collection of aphorisms on devotion, similar to the Narada Sutra but written from a more philosophical, non-dualist perspective. does for the non-dualist what the Nârada Sûtra does for the dualist. Since, however, all scriptures are written in such a form that according to the attitude of the mind they are capable of either the dualistic or non-dualistic interpretation, so the dualistic Nârada Sûtra can be read by a non-dualist. This is also the case with the Christian Scriptures.

For the non-dualist the lover becomes an ocean of love, the concrete becomes abstract ; the true and permanent state of which our nature consists, but which we do