If there
was no ajnana to obstruct, it would surely have manifested itself
in its fullness. Again had it not been for this ajnana there would
have been no illusion. It is the ajnana that constitutes the substance
of the illusion; for there is nothing else that can be regarded
as constituting its substance; certainly Brahman could not, as it
is unchangeable. This ajnana is manifested by the perceiving
consciousness (_sak@si_) and not by the pure consciousness. The
perceiving consciousness is nothing but pure intelligence which
reflects itself in the states of avidya (ignorance).
Locus and Object of Ajnana, Aha@mkara, and Anta@hkara@na.
This ajnana rests on the pure _cit_ or intelligence. This cit or
Brahman is of the nature of pure illumination, but yet it is not
opposed to the ajnana or the indefinite. The cit becomes opposed
to the ajnana and destroys it only when it is reflected through the
mental states (_v@rtti_). The ajnana thus rests on the pure cit and not
on the cit as associated with such illusory impositions as go to
produce the notion of ego "_aham_" or the individual soul.
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