Before revision: In the Indian understanding, self-realization is liberating knowledge of the true Self , either as the permanent undying Purusha or witness-consciousness, which is atman (essence), or as the absence (sunyata) of such a permanent Self.
After revision: In the Indian understanding, self-realization is liberating knowledge of the true self , either as the permanent undying Purusha or witness-consciousness, which is atman (essence), or as the absence (sunyata) of such a permanent Self.