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## Chapter 1
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It happens. Sometimes, one may perceive that form, etc., is real, or that the unreal is real. Sometimes, one may mistakenly conclude that the real is real and the unreal is unreal. This happens due to the rise of false perception. Just as a person with a mind clouded by bile may consider his mother to be his wife and his wife to be his mother. Even if, by chance, he considers his mother to be his mother and his wife to be his wife, that knowledge is not correct knowledge. Similarly, one should understand that there is a misconception about form, etc., in terms of perception, etc. For example, some false perception-induced consequence, residing in the self, generates a misconception about the cause, a misconception about difference and non-difference, and a misconception about the nature itself, even when there is a true perception of form, etc.
237. **Misconception about the cause:** Some believe that there is one cause for form, etc., which is formless and eternal. Others believe that there are atoms of different categories, such as earth, etc., which have four, three, two, and one qualities, respectively, and they are the originators of their respective categories of effects. Others describe that there are four elements, earth, etc., and their physical properties are color, smell, taste, and touch. The combination of these is called a form atom or an octet. Others describe that earth, water, fire, and air are the originators of effects, with atoms of different categories, having qualities like hardness, etc., fluidity, etc., heat, etc., and movement, etc., respectively.
238. **Misconception about difference and non-difference:** The belief that the effect is completely different from the cause or completely non-different from the cause.
239. **Misconception about the nature:** Form, etc., are either without any characteristics, or they do not exist at all, or the knowledge that has transformed into the form of form, etc., is its object, and there is no external object.
Thus, due to the special characteristics of other misconceptions, which are contrary to what is seen and heard, one accepts things according to one's desires, leading to misconception. Sometimes, one may say that form, etc., exist, even though they do exist. And sometimes, one may say that something that does not exist, exists. Sometimes, one may consider the real to be real and the unreal to be unreal. All these conclusions arise from the rise of false perception. Just as a person with a mind clouded by bile may consider his mother to be his wife and his wife to be his mother. Even if, by chance, he considers his mother to be his mother and his wife to be his wife, that knowledge is not correct knowledge. Similarly, one should understand that there is a misconception about form, etc., in terms of perception, etc. For example, some false perception-induced consequence, residing in the self, generates a misconception about the cause, a misconception about difference and non-difference, and a misconception about the nature itself, even when there is a true perception of form, etc.