In English
One person mistakes the rope for a snake. But there is no snake really. Imagining a non-existent snake as existing, he is exposed to fear and delusion. What is the reason for this fear? To imagine the non-existing to be existing. This is delusion. This is the root cause of all pains and sorrows. When this delusion is cleared in the light of (constant integrated awareness), the rope appears in its original form. Then, there is no fear of anything. There will be no fear to touch it, hold it and take it. Similarly, because of our inability to recognise the truth that this entire objective world is, in fact, an embodiment of (Absolute truth) and because we consider it as a changing world, we are exposed to various pains and sorrows. We are looking into this world with a materialistic outlook, not with a spirit of inquiry. When you look at the world with a spirit of inquiry, it will be revealed to you as a “” (flowing truth). It means a truth that constantly undergoes change. The water in the river flows continuously. But, even when the water flows, there will be no vacuum since it is a continuous flow. That is why it is called a river. Another important point to be noted is that, whether there is water or not, it is called a river only. You may live in this world or not; this is the world. Constant change is (flow). This world is a . That means, real as well as unreal. In , this is called “” (a mixture of truth and untruth). Just as the holy grass () is separated from wild growth, similarly, the effort to separate truth from untruth and absorbing only the truth is . This effort is termed as “," "" and “” in the Bhagvad . is associated with (, and ). (delusion), (ignorance), (nature), (darkness) – all these words are synonymous. All these mean the same. Deluding oneself into thinking as truth and real, that which is not existing, is .