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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|mystical realizations-based concepts}}<br /> {{Refimprove|date=December 2009}}<br /> [[Image:Ramakrishna.jpg|thumb|right|Sri [[Ramakrishna]] Paramahamsa]]&#039;&#039;&#039;Avidyamaya&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;Vidyamaya&#039;&#039;&#039; are concepts created by the [[Hindu]] sage [[Ramakrishna]] based on his mystical realizations. Literally, &#039;&#039;vidyamaya&#039;&#039; means &quot;wisdom-illusion&quot;, and &#039;&#039;avidyamaya&#039;&#039; means &quot;un-wisdom-illusion&quot;.<br /> <br /> Ramakrishna implied that all things, good and bad, were &#039;&#039;[[Maya (illusion)|maya]]&#039;&#039; (illusion). According to him, both love and hate, materialism and spirituality, egotism and generosity exist only due to our limited perception of [[Reality]]. However, he divided them into illusions that further bind us (&#039;&#039;avidyamaya&#039;&#039;) and illusions that take us further onto the dispelling of maya (&#039;&#039;vidyamaya&#039;&#039;).<br /> <br /> According to his Hindu school of thought, as one cannot trust one&#039;s eyes before a trained magician, also the human five senses draw and drag us further into illusions and false conclusions. However, the embracing and realization of some concepts that are not [[sense|sensual]] (i.e., of the senses), such as love, generosity, spirituality, all of them &#039;&#039;vidyamaya&#039;&#039;, take us further away from sticking to what we see, touch, smell, hear, taste.<br /> <br /> Quote: &quot;Vidyamaya may be likened to the last few steps before the roof. Next is the roof, the realization of God.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;Swami Nikhilananda (1985), &#039;&#039;The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna&#039;&#039; (Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center).&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Hinduism_footer_small}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Avidyamaya And Vidyamaya}}<br /> [[Category:Hindu philosophical concepts]]<br /> [[Category:Ramakrishna]]</div>

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