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THE SCIENCE OF THOUGHT.
sense, and includes sensations of touch, taste, smell, hearing and sight.
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The differences of knowledge among beings of different classes and kinds, as well as among individuals belonging to the same class are due to the operation of the Law of Karma, for the potentiality for infinite knowledge, that is omniscience, being the very nature of the soul, some outside influence is needed to prevent its becoming an actuality of experience. This external influence is the force of karmas, as is fully explained in such works as the Gommatasâra.*
It follows from this that knowledge really arises from within, and education is merely a drawing forth (from e, out, and duco, to lead) from the depths of consciousness. As the bondage of karma is loosened, new impressions are set free to manifest themselves, widening the field of perception and knowledge by bringing the soul in touch
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*The Gommatasâra is a Jain work of great authority on the doctrine of karma, but unfortunately it has not yet been translated into English. Those who cannot have access to it are recommended to read the author's 'Key of Knowledge' and The Practical Path' which deal with the main features of the subject at some length.
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