l86 VIVEKACHXTDAMANl
423. If the heart's knot — ignorance — is totally destroyed, what natural cause can there be for inducing such a man to selfish action, for he is averse to sense- pleasures ?
424. When sense-objects excite no more desire, then is the culmination of dis- passion. The extreme perfection of knowl- edge is the absence of any impulsion of the egoistic idea. And the limit of self- withdrawal is reached when the mind- functions that have been merged no pi ore appear.
[Compare Fanchadasi, 'Chitradipa' Chapter, -285-6 — ** The acme of dispassion is setting at naught even the joys of the Brahmaloka, the highest heaven ; Realisation is at its highest when one identifies oneself with the Supreme Atman as iirmly as the ordinary man identifies himself with his body; and the perfection of self-withdrawal is jeached when one forgets the dualistic universe as £ompletelj as in dreamless sleep."
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