Sage Dattatreya said,
The Sage's son continued,
'The wakeful universe appears so real to all only by force of habit. If the same be imagined vacuous it will melt away into the void. One starts imagining something; then contemplates it; and by continuous or repeated association resolves that it is true, unless contradicted. In that way, the world appears real in the manner one is used to it. My world that you visited furnishes the proof thereof; come now, let us go round the hill and see.'
Saying so, the sage's son took the king, went round the hill and returned to the former spot. Then he continued:
'Look, O King! The circuit of the hill is hardly two miles and a half and yet you have seen a universe within it. Is it real or false? Is it a dream or otherwise? What has passed as a day in that land, has counted for twelve thousand years here. Which is correct? Think, and tell me. Obviously you cannot distinguish this from a dream and cannot help concluding that the world is nothing but imagination. My world will disappear instantly if I cease contemplating it. Therefore convince yourself of the dreamlike nature of the world and do not indulge in grief at your brother's death.'
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