Thus Spake Sri Rama

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Maya

 

The mistaking of the body for the Self is called Maya. The Maya is

responsible for the creation of Samsara.

 

Maya has got two forms, Vikshepa and Avarana. By the former, Vikshepa,

Maya creates the whole world from Mahatattwa down to Brahma as also the

gross and subtle bodies. By the other form, Avarana, Maya covers the

knowledge of the Atman.

 

On account of false imagination, just as a rope is mistaken for a

snake, so also the pure Supreme Self is mistaken for this univese by

the power of Maya. If we think deeply, the universe disappears and

Brahman alone remains.

 

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