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     * Subject: Re: exact meaning of Maya?
     * From: dchakrav@netserv.unmc.edu (Dhruba Chakravarti)
     * Date: 29 Nov 1995 23:05:06 GMT
     * Approved: srh 
     * Article: 597 of soc.religion.hindu
     * Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
     * Organization: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE,
       USA
     * References: <490kgq$mut@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
       
   
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Berelowitz, J, Jonathan, Mr (jbolo@ich.uct.ac.za) wrote:
: Hello All!
: My name is Maya, and I know it means more than just illusion, so what is the
: exact meaning?
: Blessed Be
: Maya


Dear Friend:

Maya is God's technology that he employed in creation.  Maya is the veil
that prevents us from Self-realization.  This veil is given to us by God.
He thus puts us under the lower prakriti.  Because of maya, we do not see
us as all derived from the One God, united in Him, but see ourselves in
the resulting multiplicity as rootless individuals.  I find that maya is
similar in concept to the original sin.

With best regards,

Dhruba.
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