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Chapter 4 – Sutra 21-22
Due to the influence of the divine above, the capability of taking on the six subjects from afar is increasingly purer; it is purer and purer.
6. The three subjects: The strength of the senses to grasp six subjects from a distance is more advanced in the case of the higher divine due to the progressive increase of higher qualities and the reduction of impurities.
7. The capacity for avadhi-knowledge (clairvoyance) is also higher in the divine above. The deities of the first and second heavens can know through avadhi-knowledge up to the level of Ratnaprabha in the lower part, up to countless millions of yojanas in the middle section, and to their respective aerial vehicles in the upper section. The deities of the third and fourth heavens can see through avadhi-knowledge up to Sharaprabha in the lower section, up to countless millions of yojanas in the middle section, and up to their respective palaces in the upper section. Thus, as one progresses higher and higher, ultimately, the deities residing in the highest heavenly realms can perceive completely through avadhi-knowledge. Even among those deities whose realms are equal in ignorance, the expectation from the lower deities is that the higher deities possess superior and increasingly pure knowledge.
Four aspects are such that in comparison to the lower deities, they are lesser in the higher deities. For example:
1. The engagement of the mind in Ramaniyā (delight) and mental activities: that is present in the higher deities, because in the higher deities the experience of greater virtue and detachment is more enhanced, leading to a greater enjoyment of activities related to the transcendental.