20th January, 1936

Talk 142.

Mr. Prakasa Rao from Bezwada: Does not illusion become inoperative even before identity with Brahman results (Brahmakaravritti ^[?])? Or does it persist even afterwards?
M.: Illusion will not persist after vasanas are annihilated. In the interval between the knowledge of the identity and annihilation of vasanas, there will be illusion.

D.: How can the world influence a man even after identity with Brahman?
M.: First do it and see. You can then raise this question, if necessary.
D.: Can we know it in the same way as we know our identity?
M.: Are you different from the mind? How do you expect it to be known?

D.: Can the full scope of the Chitta ^[?] (Chittavilasa) be known?
M.: Oh! Is this the identity of Brahman?

Ignorance vanishing, the residue reveals itself. It is experience, not in the category of knowledge.