The infinite, unlimited joy will know itself as the fleeting joys of this world. If you dwell in maya, see through maya, realize it is you yourself experiencing yourself in these ways. It's not that it was brahman then this universe has been created, and after the universe is destroyed, there'll be brahman again. No, many people misunderstand. It's brahman right now. Well, you say it was wood earlier, now it's a podium. And i pursued mylimited ends trying to snatch a little bit of happiness from this world before it's all taken away from me suffering. The buddha said, ducum ducam
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.