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EXAMINATION OF THE PERSON OF SUPER-NORMAL VISION. 1529
Answer: The said perception of Soul-less-ness, etc. etc.- Notion of reality'i.e. the notion of existence; i.e. the idea that things are really existent --of this, the perception of Soul-lege-ness' is the enemy'opponent.-This also has been already explained by us before.
The former' i.e. the Perception of 'Soul-less-ness';- the latter -i.c the notion of the real existence of things.
Due to that'-due to the notion of real existence.
On account of the absence of its cause'-.e, on the cossation of its cause in the shape of the notion of real existence.
When that ceases'-i.e. when the mass of Afflictions disappears. Due to that'--.e. due to the Afflictions.
There is no more Birth';-when the cause is not there, the effect cannot appear; if it did, it would do so without cause.
Absolute liberation from it-i.e. from the Africtions or from Birth, there is absolute liberation, there being no more Birth; as it has been declared that 'Final Liberation consists in absolute emancipation from it'.
Says the Opponent--"Under other systems also the Perception of Truth has been held to be the means of 'Highest Good', and the Ten Noble Paths' also have been laid down as leading to 'Prosperity'. Why then should the doctrine of Soul-less-ness be the only way to Liberation ?”
The answer to this is as follows :- All other Philosophers etc. etc.-For instance, all 'thought-phases having their source in the 'I-notion', there is Liberation on the cessation of this notion on this point all men seeking for Liberation are agreed. This cessation of the 'I-notion', however, is not possible under the other philosophical systems; as they are all obsessed with the false notion of 'Soul', and this notion of Soul' is the very root of the said "I-notion'. So long as this "Soul' is there obsessing the men,and this, in its perfect state, is the cause of the 'I-notion',--and its own objective, in the shape of the 'Soul' has not been abrogated,-how could the said 'I-notion cease? This has been thus declared—'So long as the Mind is beset with the I-notion, the series of Birth and Rebirth does not cease; and so long as the idea of the Soul is there, the I-notion does not cease; there is no other Teacher, except Thyself, who teaches the doctrine of no. soul; hence there is no other Path to Peace except the one declared by Thee'. The reason for this lies in the fact that the properties of the Mind cannot be pulled out like thorns and thrown away; they have arisen from the wrong notions of things, and as such they automatically cease on the cessation of their cause in the shape of the said wrong notions.
It might be argued that "the Yogin does abrogate it".
The answer to that is-'If it were abrogated, etc. etc.-If the 'Soul' were abrogated (and repudiated), it could be repudiated only in the words 'it does not exist'; as otherwise, there would be no point in repudiating it. Because if, after having accepted the 'Soul', one were to repudiate it as the 'source of pain', then such repudiation would be useless; because the repudiation of a thing is done for the purpose of abandoning it; and no abandoning could be possible of what one regards as his ever-lasting self; hence the said repudiation would be useless.--Nor can those other philosophers repudiate
