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And still, what has been said about the nature of the cause of existence is diverse. In Chapter 1, Sutra 23, it is stated that even so, the cause of existence is determined to be due to the cessation of karmas. Then what is the difference between the cause of existence and the quality-based cause?
The answer is: No matter what kind of omniscience there is, it cannot happen without the appropriate cessation of karmas. In this manner, the cessation of karmas that obscures omniscience is indeed the common cause of all omniscience; nevertheless, there are some types of omniscience that are termed as caused by existence and some as caused by the cessation of karmas. To know this is based on the diversity of the conditions of the emergence of the cessation of karmas. There are certain types of beings who, upon taking birth, immediately have the emergence of the appropriate cessation, resulting in the birth of omniscience. That is to say, for those kinds of beings, there is no need to perform any austerity or practices in that birth for the appropriate cessation of omniscience. Therefore, all beings of such kinds necessarily acquire omniscience in a minimal or maximal form at the time of birth, and it remains with them for their entire life. Conversely, there are also some kinds of beings for whom there is no rule that omniscience will be attained upon birth. Such beings need to perform austerities and practices for the emergence of the appropriate cessation of omniscience. Therefore, among all beings of such kinds, there is no possibility of omniscience. It only exists in those who have acquired the appropriate qualities for that knowledge. Thus, although the inner cause of cessation is similar, in some kinds, it corresponds only to birth, and in other kinds...