Hare Krishna,
According to Vedanta Sutra there are 5 kinds of Maya in human. AnandaMaya being the highest and AnnaMaya being the lowest. Please explain these Mayas if anyone has info on this.
AnandaMaya
VigyanaMaya
Pranamaya
ManoMaya
AnnaMaya
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Dear Prabhu,
please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
This information I have from a Vedic psychology seminar by H.H. Bhaktividya Purna Swami Maharaja.
These are the 5 levels of consciousness possible for a human being.
Anna Maya means gross sensual level, where person just cares for their own bodily needs.
Prana Maya means that person starts caring for others, but still on sensual platform. On this level of consciousness are the people engaged in mundane welfare activities (for example feeding poor people NOT with Krishna prasadam), different "green" movements etc. On this level is also mundane morality and justice.
Mano Maya means that person interacts with others on the basis of religious principles. Varnashrama-dharma is the highest level of Mano Maya.
Vigyana Maya platform is where person realizes that they are not part of the material world, but they do not yet have realization of the spiritual world. It is like brahmavadi impersonalists.
And Ananda Maya means that person has realized their eternal spiritual identity as one of Lord Krishna's servants in the spiritual world.
I hope this information helps you in some way.
Your servant,
Madhavi-lata d.d.
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Hare Krishna Rahul Prabhu, please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
As we read there are two Mayas: Yoga maya and Maha maya. Maya here refers to energy of the Lord.
Annamaya seems to mean the gross body.
Mano maya - mind
Prana maya - living air
Vigyana maya - intelligence
and ananda maya soul.
No?!
Your servant,