THE Doctrine of Maya - HolyBooks.com

""""62 THE DOCTRINE OF MAYAis no happiness in the small. Only the Bhuma is happiness. The Bhuma is therefore to be searched after.tin this passage Brahman isspoken of as Bhuma(the Great), and only He is said to be bliss ,allthat is not Brahman (= the Atman) is alpam(little)and misery. Only that Bhuma isworthyof being known.*\ The words tu eva are important,since they emphasize the exclusive knowledge ofthe Atman alone.vii. 24. i)In the following khanda (Chan,that Bhuma is denned asyatra na anyat pasyati na anyat srnoti na anyat vijanatisa bhuma."(Trans.}Where none other sees, none other hears, none otherknows, that isBhuma.And the Alpa isdenned asyatra anyat pasyati anyat srnoti anyad vijanatitadalpam."is(Trans.}Where another sees, another hears, another knows, thatAlpa.The latter is declared to be perishable ("tatmar-the nature of multiplicity is realtyam ").Whenized to be falsethe other(anya)will cease toexist and only the Bhuma will shine in his everlastingluminosity."^The Taitt. Up. does not contain much on thesubject. It ismainly concerned with the moreof the creation of the worldrealistic conception