[Advaita-l] What is the meaning of illusion (according toadvaita, obviously)?

[Pranipata]

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From: "Suresh" <mayavaadi at yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 11:46 PM
To: <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] What is the meaning of illusion (according 
toadvaita, obviously)?
> Dear Friends,
>
> What I am trying to say is: gold=sat, golden object=sat (as long as it 
> exists), and asat when it disappears. >
> Finally, I don't understand how time factor comes in here. Why do we 
> define the real as something that lasts forever, and the unreal as 
> something that doesn't. I know scriptures say this, but I am wondering as 
> to why. Why is it we relate this to time?
> Suresh

Hari Om Sureshji,  Pranaams!

Is not your definition -(as long as it exists) - implies time factor? Please 
try to define without bringing in the time factor.

In Shri Guru Smriti,
Br. Pranipata Chaitanya