This is that truth: as from a well-kindled fire thousands of sparks of the same form spring forth, so, my dear, various beings arise from the Imperishable, and into it they return.
तदेतत्सत्यं यथा सुदीप्तात्पावकाद्विस्फुलिङ्गाः सहस्रशः प्रभवन्ते सरूपाः । तथाऽक्षराद्विविधाः सोम्य भावाः प्रजायन्ते तत्र चैवापियन्ति ॥ १॥
This world is an illusion of colors and sounds, a false display created by the tricks of Maya, the mind, and the senses.
The Sandalwood tree gives fragrance even to the one who cuts it with an axe, because it is its nature to give fragrance.
God created man in His own likeness.
The man who abides in God’s love must be dead to himself and all created things, and regard himself as a mere unit among a thousand million.
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