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Māyā

The power by which the One looks like the many — illusion to dispel, or God's real art?

Māyā names the mysterious power by which the single reality shows up as the endless variety of the world. The word is often translated 'illusion,' but that is only one school's reading. For some it is a beguiling appearance to be seen through; for others it is the genuine, marvelous creative power of God or of consciousness. How a school understands māyā tells you almost everything about how it understands the world.

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  1. Bhagavad-gītā
    Kuru-Pañcāla region · -150
    explains
  2. Upadeśasāhasrī
    Kālaḍi (Kaladi) · 710
    explains

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