Sri Ramana Maharshi
Q. Can you help me get rid of maya?
M. What is maya?
Q. Attachment to the world.
M. Was the world in your deep sleep? Was there attachment to it?
Q. There was not.
M. Were you there or not?
Q. Maybe
M. Then do you deny having existed in sleep?
Q. I do not.
M. You are therefore now "the same one as there was in sleep."
Q. Yes.
M. What is it then that raises the question of maya just now?
Q. The mind was not in sleep. The world and the attachment to it are of the mind.
M. That is it. The world and the attachment to it are of the mind, not of the Self.
Q. I was ignorant in sleep.
M. Who says that he was ignorant? Is he not ignorant now? Is he a jnani?
Q. Was the Self pure then in sleep?
M. It did not raise any doubts. It did not feel imperfect or impure.
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