“If you can find out the nature of Maya, the universal illusion, it will leave you just as a thief runs away when detected.”

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Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960)

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Indian mystic and religious preacher 1836–1886

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“If you can find out the nature of Maya, the universal illusion, it will leave you just as a thief runs away when detected.”

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