| "So the spirit soul is covered by this matter. The first layer is called subtle, sūkṣma—mana, buddhi, ahaṅkāra: mind, intelligence and ego. Now we are under the false ego. Exactly if you have got a nice dress you become very proud, that "I have got this very nice, costly dress." But you are actually not the dress. That's his misunderstanding. If you have got a nice car, Rolls-Royce car, if you sit on it, you feel very proud. So this misidentification is called māyā. The Bhāgavata says that everyone is trying to be happy according to different layers of consciousness."
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