Every difficulty that arises is rooted in superimposition; by the mere abandonment of superimposition, man is liberated, of this there is no doubt.

The reduction of all kaṣṭa to adhyāsa-mūla—the root of superimposition—constitutes the synthesis of the prakaraṇa. There exists no exception: all suffering, every obstacle, every difficulty arises from believing something to be what it is not. Tyāga—abandonment—is mātra—mere, sheer—because it demands not action but recognition. One need not eliminate the superimposition; it suffices to apprehend it as such