Avadhuta - Chapter 1 verse 57

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(translator - Swami Chetanananda)

 

In the Atman there is neither knowledge nor ignorance nor the combination of

the two. He who always has this knowledge becomes knowledge Itself and

nothing else.

 

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Combination of the two - According to a Ritualistic school, knowledge and

ignorance can coexist as we see both light and darkness in a firefly. In its

view, a person can perform ritualistic action even after illumination. The

school of Advaita Vedanta, however, does not agree with this. It says that

knowledge and ignorance, like day and night, cannot coexist.

 

This knowledge - That is, the knowledge of the Self. The Mundaka Upanishad

says, " The knower of Brahman becomes Brahman. " (3.2.9)