In today’s podcast our friend Jonathan Mahoney asks Abbot George “What is Maya?” Abbot George’s answer covers various aspects of Maya:

• Maya as the hypnotic power of creation.
  
• It is mistaking the Unreal for the Real.
  
• It is caused by our instinctive reactions to sense perceptions.
  
• He explains the common simile of mistaking a rope for a snake.
  

He stresses that the Shakti of creation is real, it is our perception or understanding that is unreal. Maya, illusion, is in our minds. Abbot George shares a number of stories to illumine these ideas.

• Living the Yoga Life: Many Answers About Maya
  
• How You Can Break Through the Net of Maya
  
• Podcast: The Means of Getting Beyond Maya: Leading the Yoga Life
  

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