Vivecand: Maya is not an explanation, not a ory to explain the world. It's simply a description of the sheer contradictoriness and paradoxical nature of life. He says that in germany, certain philosophers have proposed hegel, he actually meant hegel. The absolute, the spirit, is manifesting itself in this universe through lower to higher and higher manifestations till it will become the absolute perfect being.
Swami Sarvapriyananda gives a discourse on the nature of Maya (Ignorance). This lecture is part of a series of talks inspired by Swami Vivekananda's Jnana Yoga.