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The Vedanta Kesari August 1938

1938

It is good to remember at the outset that the Master uses the term in four different shades of meaning as implying (1) the ephemerality and triviality of the world and its values (2) e falsity (state of. -being Mithya of the world (3) Brahman in His aspect as Power at which the mind arrives in its search for the cause of the `world-spell' and (4) the expression of the Power in the world as t [...] But even the logical formulation of the Maya theory rests on an experience of the mystical consciousness na the awakening into the higher 416nsciouness of the Spirit in the light of which isl felt the unsubstantiality of the world phenomenon in so far as it does not in the least affect the Deity even though He is its substratum. [...] In fact the act of reconising the nature of Maya consists in recognising the reality of the Spirit or to put it in other words in transferring the sense of reality from the world of Maya to the Spirit. [...] The This idea of Maya causing the delMaster illustrates his status by the sion of the whole universe brings us example of the elephant's teeth to the fourth sense in which the The elephant has two sets of teeth Master uses the term. [...] They believe that the inspiration of the artist the vision of the mystic the urge of the social rformer the institutions of the plain man and the emotion of the lover all are the results of revelations.
philosophy religion

Authors

Swami Sasvatananda, Swami Tapasyananda

Pages
46
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120065
Segment Pages Author Actions
Hindu Ethics
121-121 unknown view
Four Implications of the Maya Doctrine
122-127 unknown view
Reminiscences of the Holy Mother
127-129 A. Devotee view
Reason and Contemporary Thought
129-138 P. Rao view
In Quest of Atman
139-143 A. Seeker view
The Spiritual Outlook in the West—I
144-150 Gaston Mengel view
The Sacred Gospel of Sri Vaishnavas
150-153 A. Srinivasachariar view
The Narada Bhakti Sutras
153-156 Thyagisananda view
Reviews and Notices
156-159 unknown view
News and Reports
159-160 unknown view

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