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Adi Shankara Defines Hindu Maya-Short Story
Anecdotes
oi-Priya Devi
By Priya Devi
Adi Shankara quickly climbed a tree in order to save himself from the elephant to the shock of his devotees.
Later the perplexed devotees enquired the Master, “You were the one enlightened us about Maya. The elephant is undeniably the form of Maya. Why did you flee from it?"
Adi
Shankara
answered,
“If
you
call
the
elephant
Maya,
then
why
can't
you
treat
this
also
as
Maya?"
A
beautiful
story
that
gives
a
deep
insight
of
Maya.
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Story first published: Friday, July 29, 2011, 19:28 [IST]
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