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## Chapter 1: Knowledge
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**The term "Darshan" (perception) refers to that which sees, is seen by, or is the act of seeing itself. The term "Jnana" (knowledge) refers to that which knows, is known by, or is the act of knowing itself. The term "Charitra" (conduct) refers to that which acts, is acted upon, or is the act of acting itself.**
**Doubt:** If we derive the meaning of these terms in this way, then the doer and the instrument become one, which is contradictory.
**Resolution:** While this statement is true, it is made with the intention of distinguishing between the effect and the cause. For example, the statement "Fire burns fuel by the effect of burning" is made with the intention of distinguishing between the fire and the fuel. Similarly, in the case of synonyms and their meanings, there is a concept of both oneness and multiplicity. Therefore, the intention of distinguishing between self-reliance and dependence does not lead to a contradiction in the same object. Just as the act of burning, etc., is attributed to fire as the doer, etc., so should it be understood in this case.
**7. Doubt:** In the sutra, it is appropriate to first consider knowledge, because perception is preceded by knowledge, and the word "knowledge" has fewer syllables than the word "perception."
**Resolution:** It is not appropriate to say that perception is preceded by knowledge, and therefore knowledge should be considered first in the sutra, because perception and knowledge arise simultaneously. Just as the brilliance and light of the sun are revealed simultaneously when the cloud cover disappears, so too, when the suppression, destruction, or suppression of destruction of the obscurations of perception occurs, the soul manifests as right perception, and at the same time, the elimination of wrong knowledge and scriptural knowledge, and right knowledge and scriptural knowledge are revealed. Secondly, there is a rule that in a sutra, the word with fewer syllables is placed before the word with more syllables. Therefore, the word "perception" is placed before the word "knowledge."
**Doubt:** Why is right perception considered more important?
**Resolution:** Because right perception is the cause of the correct designation of knowledge. Conduct is preceded by knowledge, because conduct is preceded by knowledge.