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What is maya?

Narad asked Krishna, "What is maya?" Krishna took him through a desert for a long walk. He asked for water as he was very thirsty. Narad went in search of water. He found some houses and knocked at one of the doors. It was opened by a beautiful girl; Narad fell in love. He kept visiting her everyday till he decided to marry her. They had children. His father-in-law died, who left all his property to him. Now Narad was a richman! 12 years had gone by and they were the most be ... autiful times with all that he wanted. One day their village got washed away due to flood. Narad, took hold of his children and wife and looked for shelter. But the current in the water took away his children and then, even his wife got washed away. He was thrown at one of the banks. as he woke up, he heard a voice asking, "I have been waiting for water for last half an hour!' Narad was shocked to see that 12 whole years passed by his mind and all these scenes has happened in just hal...

Father Sense

Father Sense We know that there is something which distinguishes a dead body from a living body. That we can understand. Suppose your father dies. You will lament, "Oh, my father is no more! He has gone away." But where has he gone? Your father is lying on the bed. Why do you say that your father has gone away? "No, he is dead and gone." This shows you understand that the body lying on the bed is... not your real father. So, actually, you have no eyes to see your real father. During the lifetime of your father you did not know who he was. Therefore, when the actual father goes away, you cry, "My father is gone!" The actual father is the spiritual soul within the body. And when the soul goes away from the body, that is known as death. At the present moment everyone is acting according to the bodily conception of life. But we are not the body. So we are acting for something that we are not. Therefore, we are in maya, or illusion. Our whole exist...