In English
We have fire and that fire burns matter. It also gives brightness. That which shines and burns is the fire. This is different from matter on which it shines and which it burns. Who is this individual who looks at this matter which is being burnt and the fire which is burning the matter? We see clearly that what is being burnt is different from what is responsible for this burning. This is a table, this is a tumbler. This is a kerchief. What is it that makes these things manifest and enables us to recognise them? This is a kind of light. This is an instrument. This instrument of light is shining on these various items and makes those items visible to us. As in that analogy, we shall have to regard the eye as an instrument. When this eye, an organ, is regarded as an instrument, how can we identify this instrument with the ? What has been said now applies not only to the eye, it applies to the ear which hears, the tongue which tastes, the hand which does work, the nose which smells. All these organs have to be regarded as instruments. When all these organs are treated as instruments, how can the human body, which is composed of these organs, be anything other than an instrument? It becomes clear that neither the organs nor the human body is identical with .