Passage 7

In English

But we have to make an enquiry as to what is it that supports these pictures that come and go. On the screen they come, and from the screen they go. If the screen is not there, it is not possible for you to see any of this coming and going. When the pictures actually come there, where is the screen? You don’t see it separately. It is part and parcel of the picture. So, you should realise that the permanently existing screen, the true screen gets mixed up and combines with the transient or coming and going pictures. Then only will you understand that what is true is the screen and what is not true are the pictures. The screen is not coming and going. Here, the permanent screen should be compared to the permanent basis or the support for the entire world and that is the . That permanent basis, , when it gets mixed up and combines with these impermanent or transient people who come and go, then you get the picture of the world like the picture you see in cinema. That is why we say, “.” This process, by which the untrue or transient pictures and the true and the somewhat permanent screen are together combining and giving you an impression of permanence, may be called the of the . The word here should not be understood to refer to an individual wearing his insignia like the , and so on. The word here stands for omnipresence.