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1XVIII. The Muni ascetic, although he submits to the attributes of the body, but comparable to the Either, not being soiled by the natural properties, should, although he knows all comfort himself, as an ignorant man passing as the wind, detached from all things, yet material. XIX. From the moment the attributes are destroyed, the Muni (Ascetic) enters immediately into that which penetrates all things as the water into water and air into air, the fire into the fire. XX. The possession, after which there is none other to desire, Gooqle SOUL KNOWLEDGE 137 the felicity, above which there is no greater felicity, the science, above which there is no greater science, let it be known—This is Brahma. XXL There is no being within, without, above, or beyond the One Being. All the interior, movable world, is the spirit of the One, and the external world is the same soul. Nothing exists apart from the One, and this One is Brahma. XXII. The seen (object of vision), after which nothing more is desired to be seen, the existence in union of which there is no fresh birth possible, the knowledge above which there is no knowledge desired, let it be known,—This is Brahma. XXIII. The Being that feels all in the intermediary, superior and inferior religions, living, intelligent, happy, without a second (duality), eternal and one, let it be known,—This is Brahma.
2XXIV. That which is designated in the Books of the Vedanta under the mode of existence, rejecting all that is not for its own self, the imperishable, incessantly happy, the One, let it be known,—It is Brahma. XXV. Admitted to a portion of happiness, belonging properly to the Being incessantly happy, Brahma; and the other Gods (Gods of the vulgar masses), because at various degrees, partially happy. XXVI. All things belong to Him (the One), all activity depends on the One (Intelligent). This is why Brahma is everywhere diffused, as cream in the mass of milk. XXVII. That which is neither bound, nor gross, nor short, nor long, nor subject to birth, nor perishable, that which is without fonn, without quality, without color, without name, let it be known,—It is Brahma. XXVIII. He by whose splendor shines the Sun and the stars, but who is not enlightened by their lightness, He by whom all things are illuminated, let it be known,—It is Brahma. XXIX. Penetrating all of himself, alone from within and from without, illuminating the entire universe, Brahma shines from afar, even as the light of radiant Suns. XXX. Brahma has no similarity of appearance with the worlds, for in reality, there exists nothing else but Brahma. Shall something produce itself external to Him? It is nothing but a vain appearance, as a mirage, that figures on the wastes of the desert. c iooqle 138 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT
3XXXI. All that is seen, all that is heard, is not different from Brahma, and by a knowledge of the truth, this Brahma is contemplated as the existent, intelligent, happy, indivisible Being. XXXII. The eye of science contemplates this living, intelligent, happy, all-penetrating Being, but the eye of ignorance knows not how to contemplate it, in the same way as a blind man knows not how to contemplate the varied forms of external nature around him. XXXIII. The soul, illuminated by the sacred lore and other means of knowledge, warmed by the fire of science and purified, shines of itself with the brilliancy of gold seven times purified in the furnace. XXXIV. The Atman Spirit (or Divine Soul), the sum of all know¬ ledge, resting in the ether of the heart, drives away darkness, pene¬ trates all, shines, and all is illuminated. XXXV. This is the great completion of existence; it is the great and final deliverance from sin, from pain, and also from death; and when compared with the vanities of this illusionary world, it is the Pearl of Great Price, and happy indeed is he who becomes its possessor. XXXVI. He, therefore, who undertakes the pilgrimage of the soul that is within his own self, without considering the state of the heavens or the country, or the time, dissipates the cold and the heat, and attains unto a perpetual happiness, free from all impurity. This one, freed completely of works, becomes omniscient, all-penetrating, and immortal.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
1XVIII. The Muni ascetic, although he submits to the attributes of the body, but comparable to the Either, not being soiled by the natural properties, should, although he knows all comfort himself, as an ignorant man passing as the wind, detached from all things, yet material. XIX. From the moment the attributes are destroyed, the Muni (Ascetic) enters immediately into that which penetrates all things as the water into water and air into air, the fire into the fire. XX. The possession, after which there is none other to desire, Gooqle SOUL KNOWLEDGE 137 the felicity, above which there is no greater felicity, the science, above which there is no greater science, let it be known—This is Brahma. XXL There is no being within, without, above, or beyond the One Being. All the interior, movable world, is the spirit of the One, and the external world is the same soul. Nothing exists apart from the One, and this One is Brahma. XXII. The seen (object of vision), after which nothing more is desired to be seen, the existence in union of which there is no fresh birth possible, the knowledge above which there is no knowledge desired, let it be known,—This is Brahma. XXIII. The Being that feels all in the intermediary, superior and inferior religions, living, intelligent, happy, without a second (duality), eternal and one, let it be known,—This is Brahma.
2XXIV. That which is designated in the Books of the Vedanta under the mode of existence, rejecting all that is not for its own self, the imperishable, incessantly happy, the One, let it be known,—It is Brahma. XXV. Admitted to a portion of happiness, belonging properly to the Being incessantly happy, Brahma; and the other Gods (Gods of the vulgar masses), because at various degrees, partially happy. XXVI. All things belong to Him (the One), all activity depends on the One (Intelligent). This is why Brahma is everywhere diffused, as cream in the mass of milk. XXVII. That which is neither bound, nor gross, nor short, nor long, nor subject to birth, nor perishable, that which is without fonn, without quality, without color, without name, let it be known,—It is Brahma. XXVIII. He by whose splendor shines the Sun and the stars, but who is not enlightened by their lightness, He by whom all things are illuminated, let it be known,—It is Brahma. XXIX. Penetrating all of himself, alone from within and from without, illuminating the entire universe, Brahma shines from afar, even as the light of radiant Suns. XXX. Brahma has no similarity of appearance with the worlds, for in reality, there exists nothing else but Brahma. Shall something produce itself external to Him? It is nothing but a vain appearance, as a mirage, that figures on the wastes of the desert. c iooqle 138 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT
3XXXI. All that is seen, all that is heard, is not different from Brahma, and by a knowledge of the truth, this Brahma is contemplated as the existent, intelligent, happy, indivisible Being. XXXII. The eye of science contemplates this living, intelligent, happy, all-penetrating Being, but the eye of ignorance knows not how to contemplate it, in the same way as a blind man knows not how to contemplate the varied forms of external nature around him. XXXIII. The soul, illuminated by the sacred lore and other means of knowledge, warmed by the fire of science and purified, shines of itself with the brilliancy of gold seven times purified in the furnace. XXXIV. The Atman Spirit (or Divine Soul), the sum of all know¬ ledge, resting in the ether of the heart, drives away darkness, pene¬ trates all, shines, and all is illuminated. XXXV. This is the great completion of existence; it is the great and final deliverance from sin, from pain, and also from death; and when compared with the vanities of this illusionary world, it is the Pearl of Great Price, and happy indeed is he who becomes its possessor. XXXVI. He, therefore, who undertakes the pilgrimage of the soul that is within his own self, without considering the state of the heavens or the country, or the time, dissipates the cold and the heat, and attains unto a perpetual happiness, free from all impurity. This one, freed completely of works, becomes omniscient, all-penetrating, and immortal.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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