(Click to enlarge photo of Radha Raman, Vrindavan)
"Kṛṣṇa is compared to sunshine, and māyā is compared to darkness. Wherever there is sunshine, there cannot be darkness. As soon as one takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the darkness of illusion (the influence of the external energy) will immediately vanish."
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.31)
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