Reconciling Samkhya, Vedanta and Tantra

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the duality between Purusha-Prakriti hides an underlying unity which manifests at the physical, vital, mental and higher levels

The Atman is the basis of the Maya, it is the stable being which is “the condition and foundation of the vast action of the Force of being”.

Power of Maya gives rise to different experiences as we can feel more than one consciousness at the same time.

Samkhya called it Purusha-Prakriti, Tantra defined the dual Ishwara-Shakti, and Vedanta called it Atman-Maya.

The three dualistic schools