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Tattva 5 — Pure Wisdom (Śuddhavidyā)

The last height of unity: many things clearly seen, yet all still known as 'I' — before the veil falls.

Śuddhavidyā, 'pure wisdom,' is the final rung of the higher, undivided realm. Here the world has unfolded into clear diversity — many objects, distinctly seen — yet consciousness still knows all this multiplicity as itself, as 'I am this,' without the sense of separation. It is the last level at which unity is still directly felt; below it lies the great veil of māyā, where diversity will begin to seem genuinely other and apart.

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  1. Tantrasāra
    Śrīnagara (Srinagar), Kashmir · 1000
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