The entire world is error; in truth, the false does not exist

Bhrānti — error, confusion, illusion — is not a layer that covers reality. It is the very structure of ordinary experience. When confusion dissolves, a “true” world is not revealed behind the false one; it is revealed that the world was never what it seemed. The snake in the rope does not become a rope; it was always a rope. Confusion does not create the snake — it creates the perception of the snake.