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34 First Steps to Jainism
types (i) Bhav Pratyaya i.e. one owing to birth which is manifest in creatures of Narakas and Devas and (ii) Guna Pratyaya which is acquired by destroying
karmas.
25. Mind Reading knowledge (Telepathy or Man Prayaya Gyan)-All living beings with mind or manas when engaged in thinking give different shapes to the mind according to objects thought of. The knowledge which can apprehend these shapes of other minds or thoughts of others is telepathy. If the general form of the thought is known it is called Rijumati and if particular features are apprehended it is called Vipulmati telepathy-the latter being purer than the former.
26. There are four points of distinction between remote (clairvoyance) and mind reading (telepathy) i.e. (i) the former is less pure than the latter (ii) former extends to the entire universe, the latter has limited area of operation (iii) former can be acquired by all classes of creatures, the latter can be acquired by some human beings and lastly (iv) former can visualize substances and their numerous forms but the latter can visualise only the thoughts of mind.
27. Omniscience (Kewal Gyan)-This is unlimited knowledge of the whole of reality which the individual soul acquires directly. It extends to all substances and all their modes. It is described as perfect, complete, unique, absolute, pure, comprehensive and infinite. It is the logical conclusion of the theory of progressive removal of knowledge obstructing karmas from the soul completely. Thus when major karmas are completely destroyed the soul shines in full splendor and attains omniscience which perceives all substances with all their modes after which nothing remains unknown.
28. Much can be said about omniscience but only a few observations will be made. As soon as omniscience appears all other types of knowledge disappear much in the same way as stars of the sky disappear as soon as the sun starts shining. The reason for this is that while omniscience appears when there is total des
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| SR No. | 001640 |
| Book Title | First Steps to Jainism Part 1 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Sancheti Asso Lal, Manakmal Bhandari |
| Publisher | Sancheti Trust Jodhpur |
| Publication Year | 2002 |
| Total Pages | 300 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Religion, & Education |
| File Size | 10 MB |