Illusion
How are divine energy, material nature and difficulty of crossing described?
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.
Illusion, material nature and divine potency overlap in some teaching contexts but are not identical English concepts. Preserve the Sanskrit term and its immediate verbs.
Beginner
Whose potency is named?
Student
What action does it perform?
Teacher
What way of crossing or reorientation is given?
Begin with a passage, not a summary
Keep three layers separate
What does the selected source explicitly say?
What conclusion follows, and what assumptions are required?
Explain it in plain words without making the claim larger.
Make the understanding visible
Replace three casual uses of “illusion” with the more exact relationship described by the cited verse.
Explain, reopen, correct
Explain why māyā does not mean that lived experience is simply nonexistent.