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dieted, and the Srutis can never brook duality.
[ Sriiiis......dzmliiy — e. g. " One only without a
second," (Chhdndogya VL ii. i), "There is nc duality in Brahman " ( Katha IV. ii), and so on. ]
��571. Bondage and liberation are attri- butes of the Buddhi which ignorant people falsely snperimpose on the Reality, as the covering of the eyes by a cloud is trans^- ierred to the sun. For this Immutable Brahman is Knowledge Absolute, the One without a second, and unattached.
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572. The idea that bondage exists, and the idea that it does not exist, with refer- ence to the Reality, are both attributes of the Buddhi merely, and never belong to» the eternal Reality — Brahman.
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