Love

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The middle point, we may say, is the golden mean. Love is there. Love does not want to see into the future, but only the present — the concentrated present. Love. For love, we may risk the whole future and may not care at all about the past. «Act. Act in the living present.» Grandness and reverence are not very suitable for love. We are to think that a plain life is the highest position for the transaction of love, whereas grandeur disturbs us in our transaction of true love.

— books Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion (Volume 3) / Chapter 12. Our Greatest Wealth

There, love has five manifestations: santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya, and madhura.

— books Affectionate Guidance / Section 1. Siddhanta / Chapter 12. Our Lord’s Beloved Power