A Comprehensive Collection - Swami Vivekananda

168 MAYA AND ILLUSION.is a statement of maya, and beyond this maya the Vedanticphilosophers find something which is not bound i by maya,and if we can get where that stands, certainly we arebeyond maya. This is the common property of all religions,what you call Theism. But with the Vedanta, it is justfor the beginning of religion and not the end. The ideaof a Personal God, the ruler and creator of this Universe,as he has been styled Mayadhishtitah, the ruler of maya orNature is not the end of these Vedantic ideas, it is just atthe beginning and the idea grows and growsuntil theVedantist finds that He Who was standing outside was hehimself Who was in reality inside. It was the very OneWho was free, Who thought He was bound.