Mahaswamy on Maya

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111th Jayanti celebrations of H.H Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Maha Swamyji

would be celebrated all over the world on 2nd jun 04.

 

 

 

 

 

Recalling HH

 

 

 

Talk between HH and Dr. Tulaev

 

 

 

Sir, I am able to understand Vishishtadvata to a certain extent but in Advaita

puzzled by the word ‘ MAYA “. Maya you say nothing. It does not exist. Then why

call it Maya !!!!

 

 

 

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Vishishtadvaitins are also a particular type of Advaitins. They are qualified

Monists. They consider Maya as a body of god. We Advaitins believe that maya is

the apparent manifestation of the reality.

 

 

 

I shall give you an example. One makes toys in the form of vegetables out of

sugar and gives them appropriate colors. A child who sees them thinks that they

are REAL vegetables. When he grows old, he realizes that they are all sugar

candies and the forms were only apparent.

 

 

 

In this a knowledge that was not real did exist and on realization of the real

knowledge, the previous knowledge disappeared.. in the same way, a rope mistaken

for a snake in dim light. It creates all effects in spite of being unreal, but

when the real knowledge is gained, the earlier one vanishes.

 

 

 

Similar to this is maya. The supreme Brahman is real. The universe with its

varied forms is nothing but Brahman. Yet we see the reality in its manifold

forms.

 

 

 

The thing that presents this varied manifestation is maya. When the real

knowledge is attained this multiple manifestation disappears as in the case of

Brahmajnanies.

 

 

 

You can neither say that maya exists or that it does not exist.

 

 

 

You may equate it with ZERO. Zero has neither value nor is it devoid of Value.

If we write it simply it has NO VALUE But if you prefix any numeral it gains

value.

 

 

 

Maya is something like that.

 

 

 

Dr, Tulaev struck at the answer was seen repeating – LIKE ZERO – Now I

understand – LIKE ZERO.

 

 

 

Jaya Jaya Shankara Hara Hara Shankara

 

 

 

ganapathy

 

 

 

 

Ganapathy --- Vijaya

 

" Jai Bhavani "

 

 

 

 

 

 

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