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This vibhāva-jñāna is of two kinds : right knowledge and wrong knowledge. The conditions of rightness and wrongness are dependent on our belief. External matter is not responsible for them. The knowledge combined with right belief is right knowledge and the knowledge combined with wrong belief is wrong knowledge.
Again, right knowledge has been sub-divided into four kinds : 1. Sensory knowledge - knowledge of the self and non
self by means of the senses and mind. 2. Scriptural knowledge - knowledge derived from the
reading or hearing of scriptures. 3. Limited direct knowledge - direct knowledge of
matter in varying degrees. 4. Direct knowledge of mind - direct knowledge of
another's mental activities.
The first three kinds are wrong as well as right. The fourth one is never wrong. Knowledge, thus, is divided into eight kinds :
1. Perfect or natural knowledge. 2. Right sensory knowledge. 3. Wrong sensory knowledge. 4. Right scriptural knowledge. 5. Wrong scriptural knowledge. 6. Right limited direct knowledge. 7. Wrong limited direct knowledge.
8. Direct knowledge of mind. Darśana-upayoga :
Darśana-upayoga is also of two kinds : natural intuition (svabhava-darśana) and the opposite of it - non-natural intuition (vibhāva-darśana). Natural intuition is perfect and independent of the senses.
Non-natural intuition is said to be of three kinds:
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