278 & 279. As a piece of crystal, itself being
pure and colourless, cannot appear red-coloured of its own accord, but in association with
another red-coloured object, it appears coloured red; in the same way the Self. himself
being pure cannot have emotional activities such attachment, etc., of his own accord. But
when influenced by alien impurities, he gets tainted by such impure emotions of
attachments, etc. It is next pointed out that one who knows the real nature of things
realises that the Self, the Knower, is not the cause of the impure psychic states such as
attachment, etc.