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===Maya in [[Hindu philosophy]]===

[[Image:'Maya' illustration by Author.JPG|240px|thumb|illustration of the Hindu philosophical concept of Maya by Raja & Narendra Sajja]]

In [[Advaita Vedanta]] philosophy, '''Maya''' is the limited, purely physical and mental reality in which our everyday consciousness has become entangled. Maya is held to be an illusion, a veiling of the true, unitary Self — the Cosmic Spirit also known as [[Brahman]]. The concept of Maya was expounded in the Hindu scriptures known as the [[Upanishads]]. Many philosophies or religions seek to "pierce the veil" of Maya in order to glimpse the transcendent truth, from which the illusion of a physical reality springs, drawing from the idea that first came to life in the Hindu stream of [[Vedanta]].