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90 ATMABODHA, OR 19. The body, organs of sense, mind, and understanding, sustained by the Living Spirit, perform their several fune- tions, as the people conduct their affairs, by the light of the sun*.

20. The properties of body, organs of sense, and mind, are conceived to exist in the true living spirit, as the moon seems to move when it is reflected in ranning water.

21. Action, &e., which are the eccidents of minds, are through iguorance attributed to spirit; in the same manner as from ignorance a blue colour is attribated to the sky.

22. Affection, desire, pleasure, pain, &e., exist in the under- standing}; in profound sleep, when it ceases, they are not ex- perienced : consequently they exist in the understanding, and not in spirit}.

23. As the sun is naturally resplendent, water cold, and fire warm ; so spirit is in its own essence true, happy, eternal and without pollution.

24. Having through ignorance ascribed both intellect and understanding to spirit, people begin to say, I am, I know, &c.

25. As spirit is incapable of change, and intellect is not

why, then, do you affirm that Spirit is the only living being, We anewer, That body, &c, upheld by the eternal, living Spirit, perform their functions, ag men perform the acts of life, by the light of the sun; but Spirit alone is life, and the body, organs of sense, &e., are inert and motionless.
 * Com.—The body, organs of sense, mind, and understanding possess life—

¢ Here it perhaps signifies consciousness, or the mental faculties in general.

$ Com.—The Vaicheshikas (followers of Kanada) maintain that affection, desire, pleasure, and pain, are properties of Spirit ; but this ia an erroneous opinion.—They belong to the understanding; for they are feltin the states waking and dreaming, whilet the understanding exists; but when it ceases (iit. resides into the original accidents) ia profound sleep they are uot felt; hence they are illucions which exist in the understanding and not in Spirit, �