Man's ego itself is Maya. It is the veil that shuts the light.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.Ramakrishna
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Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.
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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
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A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here.
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