Shankara tells us that the mind or manas dwells in the organs and body as " aham " ( ego ) with " abhimna " 9 . ? $ M /-? . > ( G ( in the reflected brightness of the atman as the " kart " ( doer ) and the " bhokt " ( enjoyer ) experiencing all three states of consciousness but the atman, the witness of everything, limited by " buddhi " is not tainted by anything that " buddhi " does 6 G 7 8 > M 7 @ for the taint of action attaches only to the actor, the tman does not act.
