Passage 17

In English

The system opined that (liberation) does not descend on man from the higher regions, nor does it ascend to man from the lower regions. (extinction of delusion) is . Extinction of ignorance is liberation. Man is under the spell of as long as he does not realise the Truth. Coming under the spell of delusion that he is the body, man wastes his life in the pursuit of bodily pleasures. The system exhorts man not to be deluded by the body. It states: