"Remember that daya, compassion, and maya, attachment, are two different things. Attachment means the feeling of 'my-ness' towards one's relatives. Compassion is the love one feels for all beings of the world. It is an attitude of equality. Maya also comes from God. Through maya, God makes one serve one's relatives. But one thing should be remembered mAyA keeps us in ignorance and entangles us in the world, whereas daya makes our hearts pure and gradually unties our bonds."
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Ramakrishna, in The Vedanta Kesari, Volume 91 (2004), p. 17.
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