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THEORY OF RELATIVITY
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(671) A person is certainly possessed of alternative relationships and also assumes single relationship. But one exclusively ascribes to this person either the former or the latter relationship, is certainly not wellversed in the scriptures.
(672) The particular qualities (of a substance) are mixed together just like milk and water, so it is not justifiable "to exclusively distinguish them as 'this' or 'that' quality.
(673) A monk, who is doubtful about the meaning of a verse, should adopt without any pride the relative point of view in his interpretation. A wise monk, while dealing with other monks following the right path in their practice of religion, should preach with eqanimity in a truthful and unequivocal language.
38. PRECEPTS ON VALID KNOWLEDGE
(a) Five kinds of knowledge
(674) Such a grasping of the nature of itself and that of other things, as is free from doubt, mistake and uncertainty is called the right cognition; it is of a determinate form and is of various types.
(675) The knowledge is of five kinds: Mati-Jñana i. e. knowledge derived through the five senses and the mind, ŚrutaJñana i. e. knowledge obtained from the scriptures, AvadhiJnāna (clairvoyance) Manahaparya-Jñāna i. e. telepathy and Kevala-Jñana i. e. omniscience.
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