In my view, people have been needlessly fighting over concepts like maya, and analogies like the rope and the snake, for centuries, without trying to focus on the essence of the idea.
The Srutis give clear analogies of its own, on the relationship between Brahman and the world.
Mundaka Upanishad 1.1.7 states,
As the spider creates and absorbs, as medicinal plants grow from the earth, as hairs grow from the living person, so this universe proceeds from the immortal (Brahman)
These are analogies to which the Advaitin, the Vishishtadvaitin, the Dvaitin - everyone agrees with, since they come from Sruti. (Here I am not talking about the atheists, agnostics etc...)
These essence of these analogies is the relative insignificance, and dependence, of this world and all it's matters, on Brahman. This is the root of spirituality. It is absolutely incompatible with any materialistic attitude that sees the world as the sole reality.
And hence, Sruti quite logically exhorts us to focus on that Supreme Brahman at all times, while we live in this, relatively insignificant world.
The Srutis give clear analogies of its own, on the relationship between Brahman and the world.
Mundaka Upanishad 1.1.7 states,
As the spider creates and absorbs, as medicinal plants grow from the earth, as hairs grow from the living person, so this universe proceeds from the immortal (Brahman)
These are analogies to which the Advaitin, the Vishishtadvaitin, the Dvaitin - everyone agrees with, since they come from Sruti. (Here I am not talking about the atheists, agnostics etc...)
These essence of these analogies is the relative insignificance, and dependence, of this world and all it's matters, on Brahman. This is the root of spirituality. It is absolutely incompatible with any materialistic attitude that sees the world as the sole reality.
And hence, Sruti quite logically exhorts us to focus on that Supreme Brahman at all times, while we live in this, relatively insignificant world.
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