Are there two things, or is there one thing? That's the question. If there're two things, you can explain the world, but then it would be dualism. What's the answer? The answer is subtle. Look at the lecturn here. To my left There's a iselecturn. And, you know, it's made of wood. I've used two words, lecturn and wood. Are there two things? It's wood alone. Is such a another why call it maya at all? Call it brahman. You're using a term maya. It must be some sense different, something new about it, something different about it."
Question and Answer session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on Dec 31st, 2017.