Maya (buddhism)

[sweetdrowning]

The Concept of Maya | Vedanta Society of Southern California

vedanta.org

I have only heard a little bit about this. I decided to type "is this world just an illusion for our consciousness and there will be another illusion after this one dies" and google gave this as a result

does anyone know more about this? i am really interested in it. i also want to know your thoughts on it

 

[amor.dor]

Life is practically based on illusions. In childhood, we are sold the illusion of a perfect world, that we will be important people, that we are important as we are — only for that to be taken away from us, guiding us, giving us education just so we can later compete for jobs with each other. Then comes the religious illusion, then love, patriotism... the illusion of the ego. There are so many layers...

But in the Hindu concept, we live the cosmic dream, where nothing is truly real — only pain is real. Yet everything is transient and has no substance of its own; it's always a mixture of things. A chair is made of wood — the chair is never a chair in itself...

I wish I could explain this better, but it would take an immense amount of time.


And I think I'd explain it poorly, but I wanted to leave this comment.

 

[sweetdrowning]

Life is practically based on illusions. In childhood, we are sold the illusion of a perfect world, that we will be important people, that we are important as we are — only for that to be taken away from us, guiding us, giving us education just so we can later compete for jobs with each other. Then comes the religious illusion, then love, patriotism... the illusion of the ego. There are so many layers...

But in the Hindu concept, we live the cosmic dream, where nothing is truly real — only pain is real. Yet everything is transient and has no substance of its own; it's always a mixture of things. A chair is made of wood — the chair is never a chair in itself...

I wish I could explain this better, but it would take an immense amount of time.


And I think I'd explain it poorly, but I wanted to leave this comment.

Thank you for this explanation. I've really started feeling this way more and more. This belief is very hopeful for me, I've struggled with feeling trapped in this existence but to believe that nothing we perceive is real except our own consciousness and pain feels very freeing, and gives me less guilt about having thoughts of not wanting to participate in this world.

 

[amor.dor]

Thank you for this explanation. I've really started feeling this way more and more. This belief is very hopeful for me, I've struggled with feeling trapped in this existence but to believe that nothing we perceive is real except our own consciousness and pain feels very freeing, and gives me less guilt about having thoughts of not wanting to participate in this world.

My advice is for you to try to discover who you truly are — your Self — and how to deal with the ego. That will help you feel much better. About lifting the veil of Maya: go very carefully. Most people, as they begin to realize, become extremely nihilistic. Even if everything is mere illusion, enjoy it in a relaxed way — like having an ice cream in the square on a sunny Sunday, without overthinking the world.

Take care.

 

[Pluto]