From the Upanishads we learn that God, who projects this play, wants us to discover the secret of the game. This play, which Vedanta calls maya, binds us, but by taking refuge in God and seeking His help, we can escape maya. Then we shall attain the perfection and freedom which are in God.

— Swami Shraddhananda, Seeing God Everywhere by Swami Shraddhananda, Pravrajika Vrajaprana, editor