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 88 VIVEKACHUDAMANI

196. The Jivahood of the Atman, the Witness, which is beyond qualities and beyond activity, and which is realised with- in as Knowledge and Bliss Absolute — has been superimposed by the delusion of the Buddhi, and is not r«al. And because it is by nature an unreality, it ceases to exist when the delusion is gone.

[ As Knowledge and Bliss Absolute — These are Its essence, and therefore can never depart from It> as heat from fire. ]

197. It exists only so long as the delu-- sion lasts, being caused by indiscrimitiar tion due to delusion. The rope is supposed to be the snake only so long as the mis- take lasts, and there is no more snake when the delusion has vanished. Similar is the case here.

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