KAIVALYA

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Got it — here’s your passage simplified into short bullet-style quotes for clarity:

• “The quest is to end suffering by realizing puruṣa as it is.”

• “Consciousness is clouded by an impure mind where sattva is mixed with rajas and tamas.”

• “When sattva is purified, the mind becomes a clear mirror for consciousness-as-such.”

• “Then arises a new way of knowing: knowing by being, not by seeing or sensing.”

• “Here, puruṣa realizes itself directly, free from the distortions of rajas and tamas.”

• “This is self-realization — puruṣa experiencing its own pure being.”

• “The purified mind no longer clouds reality; it becomes as if non-existent.”

• “Puruṣa abides in itself, while the mind merges back into prakṛti.”

• “This state is kaivalya — absolute freedom and isolation of puruṣa.”

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Do you want me to make this into a visual ladder/step chart (from “clouded mind” → “purified mind” → “knowing by being” → “self-realization” → “kaivalya”) so it’s easier to follow the progression?