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## 96
## Samantabhadra-Bharati
## [ Chapter 10
The lineage of false views, such as the manifestation of impurities, is endless and continues from the beginningless time. And this is the nature of things, which is not the subject of logic - that is, in its nature, there is no reasoning of the form "why does this happen?".
## The characteristics and divisions of proof
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"**(O Arhan Bhagavan!)** In your opinion, what is the proof of true knowledge? That (knowledge of the true form) proof-knowledge is one, the simultaneous manifestation of all (kevalgyan) direct knowledge, and the other is the gradual manifestation (mati etc.) indirect knowledge. The knowledge that is gradually manifested is cultivated by syadvada and nayas - it is manifested by the syadvada form of proof and the nayas like naigama etc."
## Explanation -
Knowledge that knows the true (yatharth) form is called proof. It is of two types - one is akramabhavi and the other is kramabhavi. The one that manifests all things simultaneously is akramabhavi and it is completely in the form of proof. But the one that manifests things gradually is kramabhavi and it is both in the form of syadvada (proof) and nayas (partial naigama etc.).
## The fruit of proofs
"The fruit of the first, which is the simultaneous manifestation of all, is indifference. The fruit of the remaining, which is the gradual manifestation, is the thought of gain and loss. The destruction of previous ignorance or the attainment of its own sphere for all."