Prose passage 36

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Prose passage 36

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Hearing this, the disciple gained direct knowledge, the immediate realisation of his own nature; he lived liberated while in the body, and afterwards attained liberation beyond the body.

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Hearing this, the disciple, attaining direct knowledge in the form of the immediate realisation of his own nature, remaining liberated while living, afterwards attained liberation after the body.