Is Kālī Lying To You? | & Why I Love Women Who Lie

About this episode

The episode explores the nature of Māyā and the perception of the world as an illusion, discussing the implications of this view on joy and dynamism.

The ephemeral and fleeting nature of Māyā (the manifest world) leads many traditions (who are all of them totally valid by the way because different strokes for different folks) to the conclusion that the world of a void, an illusion and a trickster out to get you and rob you of your true inheritance: joy, bliss, peace, blessedness etc. Even in Eastern traditions that don't have room for the Devil, we tend to make a devil out the world; we demonize its dynamism because we haven't understood i...

People in this episode

Host: Nishanth Selvalingam

Topics covered

• philosophy
• illusion
• Eastern traditions
• dynamism
• joy
• women

Keywords

• Kālī
• Māyā
• illusion
• Eastern traditions
• joy
• dynamism
• women

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Kālī, Māyā

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