Guest guest Posted March 1, 2002 Report Share Posted March 1, 2002 - "Yagnesh Rajani" <raj "achintya" <achintya> Tuesday, February 26, 2002 9:25 PM Fw: Digest Number 381 > To fellow devotees: > > Answer to your questions:- > > The force of maya are made of 3 different qualities, the mode of goodness, > the mode of ignorance, the mode of passion. Maya means illusion, it is like > a dream, ever remember a dream which feels so real? Maya acts in the same > way, it is a construct of highly complex systems which its main principle is > to eternally bond the soul, jiva. We have roamed,reincarnated in maya's > creation (universe) for millions of lives, therefore our consciousness is > contaminated with previous karma and ideas we picked up in our previous > lives. Maya never wants the jiva to leave its creation, it will act its > utmost within its power to make sure the the jiva stay within its > jurisdiction. Therefore whenever a jiva acquires a body through its previous > karma, it forever is engaged to act according to desires of its previous > life. The jiva is spell bound by the energies of the body, nature, senses > which are all instruments of maya. Lust is the principle force or trap of > maya, as explained in the Gita.There is no scientific explanation for this, > there is only one author who knows what he is talking about, Lord Krishna. > Lord Krishna has extraordinary knowledge, you cannot imagine what He knows, > as Lord Brahma could not estimate His qualities and His trancendental > knowledge, so how can we mere mortals scientifically understand what Lord > Krishna said? The Gita is the most supreme knowledge, its origins and words > come from a trancendental domain and especially from the Supreme Personality > of Godhead, Krishna. Therefore the Gita is the most bonfide religion as it > is the only means to get of maya. Once we are out of maya we will acquire > our actual trancendental body, our life becomes real, we will act in the > service of the Lord without any repurcussions or karma, we will acquire > transendental knowledge. Maya means birth, old age, disease & death, as his > Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Prahupada clearly mentioned that "we are > chewing what has already been chewed", possibly millions of time before. No > religion in the world today declares that there is an energy called maya, > only Krishna Consciousness explains that this illusion does exist. Therefore > the knowledge in the Gita is the Absolute Truth > > I hope this helps you understand maya > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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