Love Is Supreme

All faiths say that love is supreme,
  and declare it to be higher than the practice of yoga,
  for love generates detachment,
  and all renunciation arises from love.
From love and devotion arise knowledge,
  illuminating everything around,
  and destroying ignorance.
Rare is love, and very difficult to grasp.
Love is obtained only
  when the Lord chooses to bestow it.
The Lord is bound only by love and devotion,
  so all the scriptures declare.
If love awakens in the devotee’s heart,
  then the Lord remains always nearby and visible.
Know for certain that
  love is the crown jewel of all practices, O Charan Das.
_{Jap Ji}

The mesh of illusion is cut asunder
  And the ocean of life evaporates,
When one is attuned to the Name of the Lord.
_{Tukaram, Saint of Maharashtra}