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VIVEKACHUDAMANI
न ह्यस्यविद्या मनोसोऽतिरिक्ता
मनो ह्यविद्या भवबन्धहेतुः ।
It is the mind that projects the objective universethis is the plain meaning. See Sloka 170, below.]
तस्मिन्विनष्टे सकलं विनष्टं
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विजृम्भितेऽस्मिन्सकलं विजृम्भते ॥ १६६ ॥
169. There is no Ignorance (Avidya) outside the mind. The mind alone is Avidyâ, the cause of the bondage of transmigration. When that is destroyed,' all else is destroyed, and when it manifests, everything else manifests.
[According to Vedanta, there is no actual change in the Self, which is by nature pure and perfect. It is Ignorance or Avidyâ that has covered Its vision, so to say, and It appears as limited and subject to change. Now, this ignorance is imbedded in the mind, and when the mind is thoroughly purified through Sâdhanâ or discipline, the glory of the Atman manifests itself. This is said to be Liberation.
['Destroyed-in the highest or Nirvikalpa Samâdhi.]
स्वप्नेऽर्थशून्ये सृजति स्वशक्तया भोक्त्रादिविश्वं मन एव सर्वम् ।
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स्तत्सर्वमेतन्मन सो विजृम्भणम् ॥ १७० ॥
170. In dreams, when there is no actual contact with the external world, the mind alone
