Māyā

Māyā

Found this term in the hymns of the Rig Veda, which means: the illusion of reality, the reality is elusive.

Found this term in the hymns of the Rig Veda, which means: the illusion of reality, the reality is elusive. Break the illusion, it is to realize that the individual self (Ātman) and (Brahman) universe are One.  

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