The Philosophy and Religion of Sri Chaitanya
author: O.B.L Kapoor
edition: 2008, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 258
ISBN-10: 8121502756
ISBN-13: 9788121502757
Topic: Vaishnavism
The Doctrine of Maya
This chapter describes The Doctrine of Maya of the tenth chapter in the book The Philosophy and Religion of Sri Chaitanya written by O.B.L Kapoor. This work is a comprehensive, critical and comparative study of all aspects of the philosophy and religion of Shri-Caitanya (Sri Chaitanya). Importance is given to the concept of Bhakti—the highest means of attaining God, Prema—divine love and Rasa—The doctrine of transcendental relish. The first three chapters deal with the history of the Vaishnava religion dating from the earliest Vedic period and Vaishnavism in ancient Bengal. The rest of the chapters discuss the philosophy and religion the Chaitanya movement.
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Bhagavatpadabhyudaya by Lakshmana Suri (study) [by Lathika M. P.]
Maya or Illusion. The theory of ‘maya is an important aspect of Shankara s philosophy. The conception of maya has a significant place in Vedantic view. The word maya appears in the ‘Brihadaranyakopanishad as a reference from the Rigveda. The ‘Prashna Upanishad maintains that to attain Brahman world one should not possess trickery (maya). Again ‘Shvetashvatara Upanishad outlines that through his maya, Brahma projected this world. He creates maya and the world is maya....
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Cidgaganacandrika (study) [by S. Mahalakshmi]
Three impurities (malas) reside in Maya as per Shaiva system and not in Svatantrya Shakti. Though being one, Svatantrya Shakti and Maya differ in the sense that Svatantrya Shakti is that state of energy which can produce the power of going down and coming up again, both at will, whereas Maya will only give you the strength of coming down and not the ability of rising up again. This is the reality of the state of Maya, which binds him....
Read full contents: Part 5 - Three Malas (impurities)
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) [by H. H. Wilson]
also signifies wisdom, intelligence,hence, may also mean the wise;Maya = deceivers, or asuras Details: Rishi (sage/seer): prajapatih [prajapati]; Devata (deity/subject-matter): indra:; Chandas (meter): nicrittrishtup ; Svara (tone/note): Swar; Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]: यु॒वम् ।...
Read full contents: Rig Veda 3.38.9
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[The Philosophy and Religion of Sri Chaitanya: index]
[About The Author (O.b.l. Kapoor)]
[Preface]