ESSAYS

They may sit on thrones and command armies, but they are not free. Trump, Putin, the billionaires and manipulators of the modern world — these are not sovereign beings, but puppets of māyā. Caught in illusion, driven by compulsion, they are ruled by what they cannot see. This essay explores the deeper truth behind worldly power, contrasting the false sovereignty of rulers with the quiet clarity of the liberated.

Maya is the power that makes the unreal appear real. Learn how Vedanta explains illusion, creation, and ignorance through this subtle and paradoxical concept.

Vedanta teaches that all objects are mithya—impermanent, dependent, and only apparently real. Backed by science and subtle reasoning, this essay shows how everything we experience is constructed in the mind and ultimately resolves into awareness.