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  1. Sirona

    Krishna and Maya

    Last week I attended my first Hare Krishna program in 7 months. and we were told you could serve either Krishna or Maya, but not both at the same time. This seems to be one of Prabhupada's oversimplifications (" That is not possible"), but then have found representations on internet like this...
  2. The Crimson Universe

    What is Prakriti and its 3 gunas?

    What is your understanding of Prakriti and its 3 gunas (from an Advatic perspective)? What are they actually? Are they something separate from Brahman? I've read in Gita verse 27, that Brahman/Atman does no karma and only prakriti does. Then Advaita says, aham brahmasmi and sarvam khalvidam...
  3. The Crimson Universe

    What's the point in striving for moksha?

    I touched on this topic in another thread here but didn't get much response, so i thought it deserves a thread of its own. :) Whatever we see around us (manifestation and everything) is nothing but Brahman's play/leela. This is told in a few texts. This leela or creation/manifestation is...
  4. The Crimson Universe

    Who acts and who doesn't.

    I don't remember if I've asked this question before. So here it is. Advaitins believe that Brahman and Maya are not two separate things but one and the same thing. Advaitins also believe that Maya moves and acts, while the background screen Brahman doesn't. If they're one and the same thing...
  5. ameyAtmA

    About MAyA

    Namaste I just saw a few threads about Bramh' and mAyA and thought of writing this. First, going by the root or stem of the word, mAyA and mamtA are 2 words that go hand in hand. Always start with the ordinary understanding of the word. In my native language, mAyA is a mother's love for...
  6. The Crimson Universe

    Maya : The root cause of pain and misery

    We all know that Ishwar's shakti Maya is the root cause of everything evil in the world. Yogananda said that the entity which the western world calls by the name Satan is nothing but Ishwar's shakti Maya. This maya keeps us in ignorance. Due to this ignorance we not only get attached to worldly...
  7. SalixIncendium

    The Purpose of Maya

    I think most have a pretty decent understanding of what maya is, varying in what each individual's philosophy or school of though teaches. But what about the why? I'm not sure what scripture says, if anything, about why maya exists or for what purpose Brahman manifested it, but in your view or...
  8. SalixIncendium

    Samadhi

    I found this video to be an interesting take on Samadhi, Maya, the illusion of self, and ego, and how they correspond to beliefs outside of Vedanta and Hinduism. Thoughts? Opinions? Scathing reviews? Mouth-frothing egocentric rants?
  9. Subhankar Zac

    We're all (mostly) dogmatic... Only few admit it while others call it faith or science.

    Science demands evidence and is only based on solid evidences (not theories). The 5 physical senses connected with the mind are our wires of perception. Hence in most cases, our sensory organs makes up our version of truth. Though these senses are always susceptible to illusion, still they are...
  10. Ekanta

    Swami Krishnananda on Satan, Mara, maya

    I was curious how the concept of satan would be explained in hinduism. So how to start? Well I dont have to invent the wheel again, so I google searched Krishnananda's site (site:swami-krishnananda.org Satan) to see if he had something to say on he matter and indeed he had. It turned out...
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