the Reality within us,
the world takes on
a very different aspect.
It is no longer a court
of justice but a kind of
gymnasium.
Good and evil,
pain and pleasure,
still exist, but they
seem more like
the ropes and
vaulting-horses
and parallel bars which
can be used to make
our bodies strong.
Maya is no longer an
endlessly revolving
wheel of pain and pleasure
but a ladder which can
be climbed to consciousness
of the Reality.’
(From Shankara’s Crest Jewel of Discrimination.
― Adi Shankaracarya) .

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