How are divine energy, material nature and difficulty of crossing described?

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Māyā should be studied as part of the text’s account of divine energies and material nature, not as a casual synonym for “nothing is real”. The world’s operations and the difficulty of crossing are both affirmed.

Three places to read

1
BG 7.14
Describes a divine guṇa-made māyā as difficult to cross and names a response.
2
BG 9.10
Places material nature under divine supervision in cosmic activity.
3
BG 18.61
Uses māyā in an image of beings moved as if mounted on a machine.

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Replace three casual uses of “illusion” with the more exact relationship described by the cited verse.

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Explain why māyā does not mean that lived experience is simply nonexistent.

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How are divine energy, material nature and difficulty of crossing described?

A simple beginning

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