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• ( 45 ) 382. Thus then should the doctrine of the practical standpoint be shortly defined. Lisien to the description of the real standpoint, which deals with the thought-activity (of the Soul itself).
383. As an artisan makes a resolution and becomes one with it, so also the Soul performs Karma and becomes one with it.
384. And as the artisan making the resolution is constantly bothered with it, and becomes one with that bo:heration, so the Soul involved in impure thought-activity is miserable.
385. As chalk is not the wall, and as chalk remains itsell, so also the knower does not become the thing knowa, but the Knower remains the Knower.
386. As chalk is not the wall, bat remains itself, so also the Perceiver does not become the thing perceived, but the Perceiver remains the Perceiver.
387. And as chalk remains itself; so also the sell. controlled Soul, does not become the thing renounced but the Self-Controlled Soul remains the Self-Controlled Soul.
388. As the chalk itsell remains itself ; so also belief does not become the thing believed, but Belief remains Belief,
389. Thus from the Real standpoint are described Knowledge, Belief, and Conduct, And listen to the discourse of the practical standpoint, in brief.
390. As chalk by its own whiteness whitens the wall; so also the Knower, by its own nature, knows the other substances.
391. As chalk, by its own nature, whitens the wall, so also the Soul, by its own nature, perceives the non-self objects.
