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Tattva Bodha · passage 13

The real and the unreal

तत्त्वविवेकः कः? आत्मा सत्यं तदन्यत् सर्वं मिथ्येति ।
tattvavivekaḥ kaḥ? ātmā satyaṃ tadanyat sarvaṃ mithyeti |

What is the discerning of truth? That the Self is real, and all else apart from it is unreal.

In plain words

What is the discernment of truth (tattva-viveka)? It is the conviction: the Self (ātman) is real, and everything other than the Self is unreal (mithyā).

The terms set down here
  • mithyā