Maya ?? Prakriti ??

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Dear Venkat you hv written <<Maya is as

much a part of Brahman as smoke is a part of the

burning fire>> this is a very wise

explanation.<br><br> Surprisingly, the root of Hindu philosophy the

Sankhya and Vedanta...took Maya (Prakrity/Nature) as Jada

(non-conscious). vedanti do not normally accept Maya as Bramha and

treat it as fake and illusion.<br><br> Bhaktas also

take Maya or Prakriti as an obstacle which keeps them

away from GOD. Kabir said ," Maya Mahaa Thhagini hum

jaani - Maya is the biggest cheater i came to

know".<br><br> Hence most of the Hindu thoughts were to ignore

Maya by chanting Neti Neti (not this...not this) and

reach the ultimate truth. And it has been proved right

by many saints.<br><br> But I sometimes wondered as

to how Untruth (maya) can veil the Truth (GOD) ? how

truth can give birth to untruth?<br><br> The answer I

found in Tantraa (Shiva and Shakti). Tantraa is perhaps

the only branch of Hinduism, which does not reject

Maya as fake and illusion, but it treats Maya as

manifestation of Shakti (the eternal energy), and uses its

complex system (called tantra in sanskrit/hindi) to get

out of it.<br><br> Dduttaroy once wrote about using

an integrated form of different path. <br><br> The

Universe has been manifested with a purpose. God is not a

cruel king or a Magician who wished to keep us ignorant

or befooled, or veiled. what is the purpose behind

this ?.<br><br> We have three paths (none of them

untruth though):-<br><br> 1- treat the Universe as

fake...and use the neti neti to reach the truth through

Gyana yoga.<br><br>2- treat the universe as real..and

fight our way out of it with Bhakti, Raj or Hathha

yoga<br><br>3- treat the universe as manifestation of the

supreme consciousness and understand its workings and be

free while in the universe using it... not becoming

slave of it....taking help from Karma yoga or

Tantraa.<br><br> though all the three paths are part of truth and

millions have since attained Moksha by using one of these

paths...yet each one has its limitations and

shortcomings....perhaps those can be discussed separately.<br><br> which

one is more relevant in this modern world

???<br><br>Hari Aum