A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.106

v2.c19.s6.t4.106

"O sons of gods, the beings are like an illusion (māyā), O sons of gods, the beings are like a dream. No, illusion and beings are not two different things, and do not form a duality; and dreams and beings are not two different things, and do not form a duality. Furthermore, O sons of gods, all objects of thought are like an illusion, like a dream. He, too, who has just entered the stream, (*i.e.*, the new convert) is like an illusion, like a dream... He, too, who is completely enlightened, is like an illusion, like a dream; the condition, too, of him who is completely enlightened, is like an illusion, like a dream.... O sons of gods, even Nirvāṇa itself is like an illusion, like a dream, I say, how much more then every other object of thought."