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-LXIV 268
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The purity of the
(266) 'Why pure"?-"On account of the absence of Error." Doubt and Error are the two im. wisdom explained purities of wisdom; and as the above wisdom is free from these, it is called pure. This is what is meant by the term 'aviparyayāt. Doubt consists in thinking as uncertain what is certain, and hence doubt also is a form of Error. Thus absence of Error' means the absence of both Doubt and Error (mistake); this absence of Error also is due to the fact of the wisdom relating to Truth.
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(267) Objection It may be that the knowledge of Truth follows from the said Practice, but the eternal tendency towards false knowledge is sure to bring about its results in the shape of false knowledge, which will lead to its inevitable effect, the miseries of birth and rebirth of which thus there would be no end."
1. e.,
In reply to this, it is added that the knowledge is 'Absolute', unmixed with error. Though tendency towards error is eternal, yet it is capable of being removed by the tendency towards the knowledge of Truth, culminating in that knowledge, even though it has a beginning in time. For, partiality towards truth is natural to the Will, buddhi, as declared by outsiders also (here, the Bauddhas). "No amount of contradiction can set aside the flawless knowledge of the true character of objects, for such is the partiality of the Will.
(268) The form of the said knowledge is stated:-I am not, naught is mine, and Not-1. 'I am not
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The form of the merely precludes all action from the Spirit; as is declared (by grammarians), "The root as (as in asmi) together with bhu and kr signify action in general." Hence all actions, external as well as internal, such as determination, self-consciousness, observation and apprehension-all become precluded from the
