Talk 100. Later Sri Bhagavan quoted from Kaivalya some verses and explained:

A

The Supreme (Knowledge Absolute; witness; the Self-shining core; the Heart; the Self)

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the individual [the jiva, the knower consisting of vritti (the mode of mind stuff) and reflected light, in the latent form]

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the internal intellect and the outgoing mind [buddhi and manas consisting of vritti and reflected light, as a sprout, this is the antahkarana (the inner organ)]

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modes taking shape as objects — common knowledge

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together form the world as we perceive it


B

The Self (Pure Knowledge)

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the jiva (pramatr = the knower)

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the intellect and the mind (pramana = perception)

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modes seen as objects — knowledge (phala chaitanya)


The modes of mind take shape as external objects and the light reflected on the modes illumines the objects. Now neglecting the modes