Mahavira Jayanti Smarika 1977

SR No.: 014023
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhanvarlal Polyaka
Publisher: Rajasthan Jain Sabha Jaipur
Publication Year: 1977
Total Pages: 326
Language: Hindi, English
Classification: Seminar & Articles
File Size: 25 MB

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6. AVASTHITA, never leaving the possessor in the locality where it is 100 acquired, and retained by him even in another form of existence.
(For these see Tattvartha-sutra, Ch. I 21-3.)
MANAH PARYAYA or mind reading knowledge is of two kinds :
1. RIJU MATI: This arises from the straight forwardness of man's mind, speech, and body and consists in discerning and knowing the forms of thoughts in other's minds.
2. VIPULA MATI: by this the finest karmic activity in the minds of others can be read.
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The distinction between the two kinds is this :
1. VIPULA-MATI is finer and purer than RIJU MATI;
2. VIPULA-MATI can not be lost; whereas the possessor of the RIJU MATI mind reading power may lose it.
Mind reading knowledge is purer and more refined than farreading
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knowledge.
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Mind reading knowledge is confined to the focality where men live. Far knowledge is not so limited. and may be extended to the whole universe.
3. Mind reading can be acquired only by men and also only by Sanyasins; men of control. Far knowledge can be acquired by all souls in all conditions of existence.
4. By mind reading we can all forms of thought etc., even their minutest modifications. By far knowledge we can know forms with only a few of their modifications.
From this point of view sense and study knowledge applies to all substances, but only in some of their modifications. Far knowledge applies to coloured substances, but not to all their modifications. Mind reading applies to all coloured objects, even in their infinitesimal parts 15
PURE KNOWLEDGE
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KEVALA JNANA pure knowledge applies to all things and to all their modifications. It is in fact a characteristic of the soul entirely liberated from the bondage of matter.
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