I am that by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj - HTML preview

Mahadakash

The great expanse of existence, the universe of matter and energy, ( mahat, great + akash, sky).

Maha-Karta

The great doer, ( maha, great + karta, doer, kar, to do). Mind is the great doer, for it is ever busy, ever engaged in something or the other.

Maha-Mantra

The great incantation. (see Mantra).

Maha-Maya

The Great Illusion, Unreality, ( maha, great + maya, illusion). Maya is the illusive power that veils the Reality. The nature of Maya is to delude.

Maya

is the totality of all mental projections.

Maha-Mrityu

The final dissolution, the great death off all creation.

Maha-sattva

The Supreme Harmony, ( maha great + sattva, being, harmonious existence).

Maha-Tattva

The Great Reality, Supreme Consciousness, ( maha, great + tattva, reality, true essence).

Maha-Vakya

The sublime pronouncement, ( vach, word, sound, expression, vakya, speech, sentence, what is spoken, Maha-vakya — maha, great, sublime

+ vakya, sentence, pronouncement). Four Upanishadic declarations, expressing the highest Vedantic truths, are known as Mahavakyas. They are: Prajnanam Brahman (consciousness is Brahman), Aham Brahmasmi (I Am Brahman), Tat Tvam asi (That Thou Art) and Ayam Atma Brahma (the Self is Brahman).

Mana, Manas

The mind, understanding. ( man, to think). Manas is the thinking faculty, the faculty of discrimination. In Nyaya philosophy manas is regarded as a APPENDIX III

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substance distinct from Atman, soul.