_________________________________________________________________ [Prev][Next][Index][Thread] RE: EXACT MEANING OF MAYA? _________________________________________________________________ * Subject: Re: exact meaning of Maya? * From: dchakrav@netserv.unmc.edu (Dhruba Chakravarti) * Date: 29 Nov 1995 23:05:06 GMT * Approved: srh * Article: 597 of soc.religion.hindu * Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu * Organization: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA * References: <490kgq$mut@babbage.ece.uc.edu> _________________________________________________________________ Berelowitz, J, Jonathan, Mr (jbolo@ich.uct.ac.za) wrote: : Hello All! : My name is Maya, and I know it means more than just illusion, so what is the : exact meaning? : Blessed Be : Maya Dear Friend: Maya is God's technology that he employed in creation. Maya is the veil that prevents us from Self-realization. This veil is given to us by God. He thus puts us under the lower prakriti. Because of maya, we do not see us as all derived from the One God, united in Him, but see ourselves in the resulting multiplicity as rootless individuals. I find that maya is similar in concept to the original sin. With best regards, Dhruba. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Moderator: Ajay Shah Submissions: srh@rbhatnagar.csm.uc.edu Administrivia: srh-request@rbhatnagar.csm.uc.edu Archives: http://rbhatnagar.csm.uc.edu:8080/soc_hindu_home.html _________________________________________________________________ References: * exact meaning of Maya? + From: jbolo@ich.uct.ac.za (Berelowitz, J, Jonathan, Mr) _________________________________________________________________ * Prev: Sri Ram Swarup's article in Hinduism Today * Next: Re: Wedding Rituals-Gender Equality * Index: Mail Index * Thread: Mail Thread Index _________________________________________________________________