How does the false world of finite things come into existence? Why does it exist? It is created by Maya or the principle of ignorance. Maya is not illusion, it is the creator of illusion. World of finite things a creation of Maya Maya is not false, it is that which gives false impressions. Maya is not unreal; it is that which makes the real appear unreal and the unreal appear real. Maya is not duality, it is that which causes duality.

For the purposes of intellectual explanation Maya must be looked upon as being infinite. It creates the illusion of finitehood; it is not in itself finite. All the illusions which are created by Maya are finite, and the entire universe of duality, which appears to exist due to Maya, is also finite. Creations of Maya are finite The universe may seem to contain innumerable things but that does not make it infinite. Stars may be countless; there are a huge number, but the total collection of stars is nevertheless finite. Space and time might seem to be infinitely divisible, but they are nevertheless finite. Everything which is finite and limited belongs to the world of illusion, but the principle which causes this illusion of finite things must, in a sense, be regarded as not being an illusion.

Maya cannot be considered as being finite. A thing becomes finite by being limited in time. Maya not limited by space Maya does not exist in space and cannot be limited by it. Maya cannot be limited in space, because space is itself the creation of Maya. Space, with all that it contains, is an illusion and is dependent upon Maya. Maya, however,