Page "Materialism" Paragraph 33

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, materialism denies the existence of both deities and " souls.

" It is therefore incompatible with most world religions including Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

In most of Hinduism and transcendentalism, all matter is believed to be an illusion called Maya, blinding us from knowing the truth.

Maya is the limited, purely physical and mental reality in which our everyday consciousness has become entangled.

Maya gets destroyed for a person when they perceive Brahman with transcendental knowledge.