maya
Veil over reality
Maya is illusion—the deceptive appearances that veil ultimate reality.
In Hindu and Buddhist philosophy, maya is the power that creates the phenomenal world, making the temporary seem permanent and the unreal seem real.
The material world we perceive is maya, obscuring the deeper spiritual truth beneath: The guru taught that suffering comes from mistaking maya for reality. (Capitalized Maya refers to a Mesoamerican people or the given name.)
Cosmic moral order
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
- samsaraCycle of rebirth
- VedantaHindu philosophy of ultimate reality
Brahman · Advaita · reality · illusion · consciousness · perception · appearance · liberation
dharma
Cosmic moral order
Vedanta · Brahman · Advaita · reality · illusion · consciousness · perception · appearance · liberation · attachment
mirage
Atmospheric optical deception
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- phantasmIllusory supernatural appearance
- unrealityQuality of being imaginary
hallucination · deception · fantasy · apparition · semblance · chimera · veil · dream · trickery · facade
- Dharmic Traditionsdharma, karma, moksha, samsara, atman
- Hindu spiritualityatman, moksha, karma, dharma, yoga
- HinduismVishnu, Shiva, Krishna, Ganesh, Ganesha
- Dharmic Conceptskarma, dharma, nirvana, moksha, samsara
- Eastern PhilosophyTaoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism
- Eastern SpiritualityBuddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto
- Mayan ruinsAncient civilization's architectural remains
- Maya Angelou
- Maya civilizationAncient Mesoamerican culture
- Maya Rudolph
- Maya ruinsAncient civilization's remains
- Mayan calendarMesoamerican astronomical dating system