All This Is A Magic Showindrajāla
Contemplative
Yukti #108Verse 133
Empowered II
Verse 133atattvam indrajālābham idaṃ sarvam avasthitam ।
kiṃ tattvam indrajālasya iti dārḍhyāc chamaṃ vrajet ॥“It is established that this entire [world] is as unreal as a magic show. How much reality is there in a magic show?” Due to being firm [in cultivating this conviction], one attains peace.
Simplified Steps
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The scripture tells us this world is as unreal as a magic show, and asks us to contemplate: “How much reality is there in a magic show?”
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Ponder the art of sleight of hand and magic tricks; if the world is as “unreal as a magic show” does that mean it is unreal? Or that it is somehow not as it appears? Is this also an invitation to experience wonder and amazement relative to the universe, as you do watching a magic show?
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Contemplate the universe as having the same degree of reality as a magic show, and what that means to you.
