MAYA AND REALITY

A disciple remarks that Sri Bhagavan often says that Maya and Reality is the same .How can that be?

Shankara was criticised for his views on Maya without understanding him. He said 1. brahmam is real and the universe is unreal and brahmam is the universe. He did not stop at the second, because the third explains the other two. It signifies that the universe is real if perceived as the Self and unreal if perceived apart from the Self

Hence Maya and Reality are one an the same.

{ FROM GURU RAMANA MEMORIES AND NOTES BY S.S.COHEN}