Questions tagged [maya]
Māyā is a spiritual concept connoting "that which exists, but is constantly changing and thus is spiritually unreal", and the "power or the principle that conceals the true character of spiritual reality.
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What scriptures describe Krishna teaching Narada about Maya?
During Krishna's time on earth, one of his greatest devotees was the sage Narada, who was also an incarnation of Vishnu as I discuss here. As I discuss in this answer, Narada was one of the sages who ...
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What are the differences in teachings between Yoga Vasista, Ashtavakra Gita, and Vivekachudamani?
Yoga Vasistha (योग-वासिष्ठ), Ashtavakra Gita (अष्टावक्रगीता), and Vivekachudamani (विवेकचूडामणि) are teachings about Enlightenment and (Moh)Maya. What are the Philosophical differences between these ...
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Is Mother's womb devoid of Maya (illusion)?
I was reading a book Biography of Pothuluri Veerabrahmendra Swami and Author delineates the Vedic Science of development of Embryo in that book.
Veerabrahmendra Swami or Brahmam garu was a mystic ...
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Shri Krushna's revelation of his real identity
Shri Krushna had made many others understand "who is he" -- Shri Narayana himself, supreme Brahman.
But after revealing his real identity, he made them forget the revelation by using "Maya", the ...
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What's the difference between a Māyāví & Siddha?
Śrī Kṛṣṇā at various instances in the Mahābhārata showed his various divine opulences in myriad ways. But, several people used the word Māyāví for dismissing it as something tāmasī or non-...
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Why was Sita abandoned?
Initially this question might appear to be duplicate of this question but I have some separate doubts which aren't addressed in that question.
According to Vālmikī, Śrī Rāmacandra abandoned Sītā to ...
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The difference between the term ‘Maya’ used for Rakshasas and Brahman respectively
Maya, is a frequently used term across various scriptures with different connotations as below:-
When talking of Brahman, Maya is used in the context of jada Prakriti tattva as is stated in the ...
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Truth in Advaita
To which theory of truth does the advaita vedanta relate? The correspondance theory, the coherence theory, or another one?
If truth, in Adi Shankara's comprehension, is understood as the ...
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Do any sects that do not subscribe to advaita believe in the concept of Maya?
Instead of the popular meaning illusion, I like the definition from
http://vedantastudent.blogspot.com/p/maya.html
"Maya creates apparent multiplicity in a universe where only Brahman really exists."...
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Among Vishnu's avataras was Krishna the only one to demonstrate the power of Maya?
I think all the Gopis thought Krishna was with them, through his Maya. But the Rama Avatara seems to have been earnest and straightforward throughout. As Vishnu, he should have been able to deploy ...
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Do mentally ill people get karmaphala?
Is thinking that the body is the self a form of mental illness/disorder ?
If a Psychopath(alex) killed people but in his mind he thought that he actually helped the victims from some mysterious ...
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How can a man remove conceit?
How can a man eliminate conceit (too much pride in yourself and your abilities and importance) ? Like Arjun though a good person , also favorite of Krishna died while trekking the Himalaya because he ...
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Statements In Hindu Texts Of Deliberately Mistaken Info
There are many places in Tantra excerpts I’ve read, Arthur Avalon and such, where Shiva tells Parvati that there is deliberate misleading info in Hindu texts. He says that stuff is put in there to ...
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The need for Maya
Why is there a need for Maya? Lord Krishna can run a world full of happiness without any Maya and sorrow? That would keep everyone happy. Wouldn't it? What is the justification given by Krishna for ...
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What exactly is Moola Avidya? Is it found in Adi Shankaracharya's Prasthana Traya Bhashya?
Shree Satchdanandendra Saraswati Swamiji claims that Moola Avidya is an add on concept which was later inserted into Advaita by Bhamati and Panchapadika Vivarana school.
He says it is not found in the ...
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Where does Maya reside?
Jiva is said to be covered in 5 sheath or koshas as you can read here. My question is - does Maya resides in or part of or is active (not sure what is better word) in any specific sheath?
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Have anyone seen golden arch at Gandi Kshetra?
Have anyone seen golden arch built by vayu for Rama, at Gandi Kshetra, British officer Thomas Monroe has apparently seen? Is it visible to those who're turiya?
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What is the status Of Rudra's alleged delusion by Krishna?
There is a claim that Krishna has stated in the Mahabharata that he has illusioned Rudra and others:
http://www.vrindavana.net/academy/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/visnu-sahasra-nama-baladeva-I.pdf
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Which commentator interprets Gaudapada's word Chitta as Chaitanya?
In this lecture, Swami Paramarthananda, an Advaitin, discusses Adi Shankaracharya's refutation of Yogachara Buddhism in his Brahma Sutra Bhashya. He says that Yogachara Buddhism and Advaita may seem ...
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What does the term in "the playing fields" as used in the Bhagadavida Gita really mean?
There is a verse in the Bhagadavida Gita that refers to the earth world realm and it's 3rd dimensional limitations emplaced there as "the playing fields". I have a few ideas as-to-what what this may ...
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How would Hindu theologians respond to this quote by Plato?
"The evil is that the soul of every man, when it is greatly pleased or
pained by anything, is compelled to believe that the object which
caused the emotion is very distinct and very true; but it ...
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Who is an “Adhishtathri”?
I have heard that Lord Shiva made Mother Parvati the “adhishtathri” of tantra sidhdhi.
I have also heard ISKCON Acharyas saying that Mother Parvati is the “adhistathri” of maya.
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Maya and Lord Shiva
From the lecture of HG Amogh Lila Prabhu
2:49-3:03
Quoting HG:
This tatva(Lord Shiva’s) is unaffected by Maya;it is neither beyond(transcending) Maya,neither is it polluted by Maya,it is pure.
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