THE NOTION OF MAYA

In notion of maya, man is derived by the world the world always appear
to him to be real and perfect, according to hinduism, thr brahman as the
cause of all things has a unique power (shakti) called maya and the
brahman manifests its self in the world in the help of maya. This means
that man focuses and believe in what on he/she encounters which in
reality those things are only an illusion The term maya means "Illusion"
only the brahman is real and things found here are illusion. But illusion
doesn't mean that world unreal or not exist, it is just an illusion. This
means that one looks something different from what it is, it may appear
unreal or not exist but they seem to be real or true.
According to Advaita Vedanta, which is an main strand of
Hinduism, this error in the perception of the world arises because
of the superimposition of one reality on another. There is the
superimposition of the reality of the snake to the reality of the rope.
This superimposition is called adhyasa, which means “the apparent
presentation to consciousness by way of memory of something
previously observed in some other thing.
In general, the cause of this is ignorance or avidya, which is based
on the human intellect. Avidya means not only absence of
knowledge, but also erroneous knowledge.
We attach ourselves to things world, thinking this is real. They are
real, yes, but we forget that this things might still lose. We ignore
things like that and attach ourselves to it.
Only few Hindus such as monks or those dedicated to the service of
God seek moksha. However, this goal is relevant to all Hindus.
Hierarchical values and social institutions are determined by
Moksha, as are religious doctrines and practices. The root purpose
of Hinduism is to understand what one must do and attain through
direct experiences in order to escape from samsara (bondage)
andbecome spiritually emancipated.
The exact conceptualization of moksha differs among the various
Hindu schools of though. For example, Advaita Vendeta holds that
after attaining moksha, Atman no longer identifies itself with an
individual but as identical with Brahman in all respect. The
followers of Dvaita (dualistic) schools identify themselves as part of
Brahman, and after attaining moksha expect to spend eternity in a
loka or heaven, in the company of their chosen form of ishvara.