Beware of the Mayavadi Philosophy

In a nutshell Mayavadi philosophy is the concept that everything is one, that this oneness is a formless, impersonal God, and that nothing exists except for God. It propounds that any perception of anything else besides pure undifferentiated oneness is an illusion. The individual selves do not actually exist. Only the Supreme Self exists and it is not a person and it does not have any form, any qualities, or any activities. Mayavadi philosophy is attractive to a certain class of men because according to Mayavadi philosophy the individual is actually God Himself, simply he has forgotten that he is God, that's all. And then according to any one of the various self-realization systems he can reclaim his position of God when he becomes perfectly self-realized. For example, the Mayavadis say that through bhakti yoga one can become God. Their idea is that while in the neophyte stage of bhakti yoga there is the worshipper and the worshipable, in the perfectional stage of bhakti the worshipper becomes the worshipable. He uses the spiritual master like a ladder to elevate himself to the position of being God. Then once he becomes God he kicks away the spiritual master as an unnecessary burden. This Mayavadi philosophy, although attractive to many, is seriously flawed on many different levels. For example, one does not become free from greed and selfishness in Mayavadi philosophy. One who could not get ahead in material now tries to get ahead in a different way by his so-called becoming God. Therefore Srila Prabhupada describes it as the last snare of the material energy.

Beware of Mayavadi Philosophy Seminar
North Sydney, Australia-24 June 2012

Sankarshan Das,Beware of Mayavadi Philosophy Seminar,Australia

Sankarshan Das,Beware of Mayavadi Philosophy Seminar,Australia

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: Voidism and Impersonalism Difference?

What is the difference between impersonalism and voidism?

Seminar Participant

Answer: Everything is Zero. Everything is One.

Voidism is the philosophy that everything is zero. Impersonalism is the philosophy that everything is impersonal oneness. Practically speaking they are the same thing because they both consider the form of God to be maya or an illusion. Therefore they are both referred to as Mayavadi philosophy.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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