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**On the attainment of all purposes**
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Due to the difference between the concrete and the abstract. Concrete is knowledge, abstract is perception. These exist in succession in those who have veils. In those who are without veils, they exist simultaneously, even though perception precedes knowledge, because of its superiority. Before the chapter on right knowledge, five types of knowledge-use were explained. Here, due to the acceptance of use, the opposite is also accepted, hence it is said to be eight-fold.
274. With the outcome described above, the use that is common to all souls, the beings who are marked by that use are of two types -
worldly and liberated || 10
And the knowledge of differentiation. There are four types of perception-use - visual perception, non-visual perception, clairvoyance, and omniscience.
Doubt - What is the reason for the difference between these two uses? Solution - The difference between these two uses is due to the difference between the concrete and the abstract. Concrete is knowledge-use and abstract is perception-use. These two exist in succession in those who have veils and simultaneously in those who are without veils. Although perception comes first, knowledge is placed before perception in the sutra because of its superiority. Due to the chapter on right knowledge, five types of knowledge-use were explained earlier. But here, due to the acceptance of use, the opposite is also accepted, hence it is said to be eight-fold.
Special meaning - Here, the characteristic of the being is explained as use, and its divisions are enumerated. The main divisions of use are two - knowledge-use and perception-use. Both types of use are found in all beings. There are many sub-divisions of these, which arise due to specific causes. The sub-divisions of knowledge-veil and perception-veil, their respective destruction and cessation, destruction, and the arising of perception-delusion, these are the main causes. Due to these, both types of use are divided into twelve divisions. In this way, eight divisions of knowledge-use and four divisions of perception-use are obtained. Mainly, a worldly being has one use at a time, and a liberated being has two uses. But when considering various beings, they are twelve. Although in the first chapter, four types of knowledge were mentioned for one being at a time, and for one who has four types of knowledge at the same time, three types of perception will also be found at that time, but this statement should be understood as being based on the predominance of destruction and cessation. In one being at a time, the destruction and cessation of four knowledge-veils like knowledge-veil, etc., and three perception-veils like visual perception-veil, etc., these seven karmas can occur, but in reality, their use at that time will be only one. Destruction and cessation are the cause of the arising of knowledge and perception, and use is the tendency of knowledge and perception. In a being, the stream of knowledge and perception qualities is constantly flowing. At the time when it receives an external or internal cause, it starts working accordingly. It is certain that in the worldly state, it remains impure, more impure, and most impure, and upon attaining liberation, it becomes pure, then external and internal causes are not required for its tendency." This is the reason why the characteristic of the being is called use here.
8 274. The beings who are marked by all uses, which are indicated by the outcome of the soul-transformation that was explained earlier, which is common to all souls, are of two types, this is what the next sutra says -
There are two types of beings - worldly and liberated ||
1. विष उच्यते दि. 2, मु. 1