choose one of the following for the Moh . ie what is moh?

Question

a. attraction of senses
b. attraction of someone's talent
c. attraction of someone's reputation , money , ........... ie non body items
d. all of the above
e. please give your opinion if not satisfied with above options ,also if possible then write the reference

Answer 1

e. Bewilderment, perplexity, folly, delusion, error. In philosophy, delusion of mind, preventing the discernment of truth and leading to the belief in the reality of unreal worldly objects; closely similar to maya, but with an emphasis placed on the activity of the deceiving mind. It is like a kind of a sublimation of the senses. The mind drowns itself in delusion and infatuation. People believe in things that contradict reality. Moha can thus be described as a lack of awareness of the true nature of things, or of the true meaning of existence. Ignorant people are deluded by their senses-- among which intellect (discriminating, discursive thought) is included as a sixth sense.

Consciousness, attached to the senses, leads us into error by causing us to take the world of appearances for the world of reality, whereas in fact it is only a limited and fleeting aspect of reality.

In this context enters maya. Maya is the power that deludes. From where does this power come? It comes from Prakriti or Nature. Prakriti is the creation of God. First He creates Prakriti and then enters into it. And when He enters into it, He becomes enveloped with his own maya leading to his own delusion and bondage.

Answer 2

Moh is attraction / addiction of senses /people ie a and b.
But Maya is the same towards materilastic things ie c.
Excessive Moh and Maya can lead to destruction, while excessive mamta leads to bhakti as in the case of Meera.

Answer 3

Answer is already there. Moh is Moha = attraction of senses

Answer 4

MOH is (a) Attraction of senses.

MOH (means to become stupefied, to be bewildered or perplexed, to err, to be mistaken”) stands in ancient texts for perplexity or confusion as also for the cause of confusion, that is, avidya or ajnana (ignorance or illusion).

In another context, it stands for “the snare of worldly illusion, infatuation.” Its function is twofold: it bedims the discernment of truth, prevents the discernment of reality, and it creates an error of judgement or leads to wrong knowledge (mithya jnana). Men believe in an eternal reality of their own existence or ego; they see truth in what is false and seek happiness in what begets suffering.

Moh for maya, i.e. for this transient world of the senses, hinders the soul’s search for its ultimate goal and is, therefore, one of the Five Evils. It is related, on the one hand, to kam (desire, love) and lobh (possessiveness, covetousness) and, on the other, to ahankar (sense of I, my and mine). That is how moh has been referred to as a net, maiajal (GG, 266). Guru Nanak advises shedding of moh as it is the source of all evil and a cause for repeated births and deaths. (GG, 356).


The antidote to moh is non-attachment. This is not easy, for the Gurus preach active participation in life rather than renunciation and escapism. Ultimately, of course, all depends on nadar or God’s grace.-

Answer 5

In ignorance proceed towards death is known as moh

Answer 6

In spiritual context...any attraction of mind which takes us from our center is ...MOH !

Answer 7

my answer wud be D