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The cause is the superior knowledge arising from awareness. 2 Avadhi knowledge falls under this category.
From it, one experiences worldly existence, hell, and celestial beings.
The produced awareness arising from a cause (is classified into six types of knowledge that pertains to the residual existence of beings and humans).
Tattvarthasutra
The distinctions of avadhi knowledge are categorized as worldly experience and quality experience. The avadhi knowledge that manifests at the time of birth is termed 'worldly experience'; this refers to the knowledge that does not require vows, rules, etc., for its manifestation, and it is natural birth-acquired knowledge. Conversely, knowledge that is not birth-acquired but manifests after taking birth due to the performance of vows, rules, etc., is termed 'quality experience' or knowledge arising from the destructible and non-destructible aspects.
Question: Does worldly experience avadhi knowledge arise apart from the destructible knowledge?
Answer: Yes, it does.
No, the destructible aspect is also essential for that.
1. In place of this verse, there are texts referring to ‘the cause of destruction’ as ‘the cause of purification’ in various scriptures. In this discourse, the portion concerning destructive cause is elaborately explained.