Brahman alone Real

YOUNG MAN: "Sir, what is Knowledge?" 

MASTER: "It is to know that God is the only Reality and that all else is unreal. That which is the Real is also called Brahman. It has another name: Kala, Time. There is a saying, 'O brother, how many things come into being in Time and disappear in Time!' 

"That which sports with Kala is called Kāli. She is the Primal Energy. Kala and Kāli, Brahman and Śakti, are indivisible. 

"That Brahman, of the nature of Reality, is eternal. It exists in past, present, and future. It is without beginning or end. It cannot be described in words. The utmost that can be said of Brahman is that It is of the very nature of Intelligence and Bliss. 

"The world is illusory; Brahman alone is real. The world is of the nature of magic. The magician is real but his magic is unreal"  

- Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 585 (02 October 1884)