Similarly, one should understand that
It’s similar to cataract-inflicted eyes
When spirits see a river’s water being pus.
It was previously explained that, ‘The mind sees hairs through the influence of this disease …,’1
and any other similar cases may be considered along the same lines; but we shall desist from elaborating more for now.
In short, please understand that, just as what you know
Has no existence, neither does the mind itself. (6.71)
One should come to recognise that just as knowable objects have no inherent existence, the mind too that entertains images of knowable objects is in and of itself un-produced. As stated:
Without a knowing there’s no known;
And lacking that, no consciousness.
Hence you declared that knowing and
The known lack inherent existence.2
Similarly,
Consciousness is like an illusion –
Thus spoke The Sun’s Kinsman.
And what it perceives is likewise
Certainly like illusory things.3
Those who are seized by this consciousness-claiming madness4
and deny external objects, are sure to plunge into the ravine of self-hood, and must therefore be treated by noble compassionate practitioners with an excellent and harsh mantric cure of scripture and reasoning.
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Chapter 1: Pramuditā
