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[ 5 who was a follower of Advaita asked the same jues. tion as we considered above : How could the pure Brahman get affected by guidya or maya ? He just wanted to know how it was possible. There were many great Advaita scholars in the gathering. One cf them began to say something, first mentioning some example. The Devan at oncc intervened and said Let us consider examples afterwards. I want toknow first how it is possible for the absolute Brahman to be caught by guidya. " Having waited for one or two minutes during which perfect silence prevailed in the hall the Devan ordered distribution of panSupari. This incident well proved to me that the question is really a very difficult one and none of my Advaita friends who were very many help me to understand it/ I am a writer of books from my young age and have written a few since. I could have written a book also on Vedanta putting forth my thoughts on Advaita. But I refrained lest my advaita friends should feel un appy and get displeased with me. These are days when Hinduism, the most ancient religion in the world and a religion vital]y connected with the life of people all over the world, is fast disintegrating and threaten. ing us with its total disappearance. It behoves one and all of us, that belong to the great religion, to be completely united and find ways and means to save it from the impending peril. In the circumstances it would be utter folly ori any bodys part to be in any way responsible for split and widening the gap arong us . It was this idea that prevented me