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behaving: in Jnāna (knowledge) you know the ins and outs to some extent. Detailed knowledge is Jnāna. There are the following 9 subdivisions of this 2nd Class of Karma, namely:
1. Karma which obscures the Darshana, (there
is no one English word which will correctly translate this word) which is received through the eye.
2. Karma which obscures the darshapa received
through any sense other than the eye (ear, nose, tongue, or skin).
Karma which obscures the avadhi (there is no equivalent English word) darshana.
Karma which obscures the Kevala darshana,
In the following five states the senses are not active, and therefore you do not see, or hear, or smell &c. The sleep states in their various degrees are among these states. Sleep from which a person can be awakened without any trouble, simply by calling his name; he will hear his name but will not
hear other conversation or sounds. 6. Sleep in which you have to touch the body
of the person in order to awaken him; it is strong sleep; the consciousness has been
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