"There are two things, sat and asat. Sat means which exists, and asat means which does not exist, temporary. It appears and again disappears. That is asat. The example is just like the sky and the cloud. Cloud appears, exists for some time, again disappears. But the sky remains always. This is the distinction between sat and asat, try to understand. Sky, this material sky, this also does not exist, but so far our experience is concerned, we can understand the distinction between sat and asat. Permanent and temporary. We cannot say "nonexistent" exactly. Existing. When the cloud comes, it has got some activities, there is rainfall and, on account of rainfall, on the ground there is some new vegetation, new flowers, everything looks very green. In the rainy season we get some products. So we cannot say it is false, but we can say it is temporary.

Similarly, material world, matter, is not false. But it is nonpermanent. Bhutva bhutva praliyate [Bg. 8.19]. You'll find it in the Bhagavad-gita. The Mayavadi philosopher says brahma satyam jagan mithya. The spirit is truth, and jagat, this material world, is untruth, mithya, false. We say that everything is emanating from the Supreme. Yato va imani bhutani jayante. Everything is emanating from Brahman, the Supreme Absolute Truth. So that cannot be false. Because Absolute Truth, how from truth, false will come? This is our philosophy. The matter may be temporary, but it is not false. The Vedic injunction is ma asatah. Ma asato sad gamaya. Don't try to be entangled with the asat. Sad asat. But try to come to the platform of sat."