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Tattvärthasūtra
The word 'rju' means produced and straight. Whereby is it produced? It is produced by the knowledge of objects of speech, body and mind located in the minds of others. He who has straight telepathy is called rjumati. Vipula' means not produced and curved or winding. How is it not produced? It is not produced by the knowledge of objects of speech, body and mind in the minds of others. He who has complex telepathy is called vipulamati. Thus, telepathy is of two kinds - rjumati and vipulamati.
Now that the divisions of telepathy have been mentioned, it must be defined. Telepathy is that knowledge which knows the objects thought of by the minds of others, owing to the destruction-cum-subsidence (kṣayopasama) of energy-obstructing (viryāntarāya) and telepathyknowlege-obscuring (manaḥparyaya jñānāvaraņa) karmas and depending on the attainment of name-karmas (nāmakarma) of limbs and minor limbs (angopanga). It may be argued that it is sensory knowledge (matijñāna) only since it happens in the mind (mana). This has already been refuted. The mind is merely for reference as the background. The object located in the mind of another is ascertained by this knowledge. So the mind is intended only as a background. Of these two varieties, rjumati can extend from two or three births of oneself and of others, up to a maximum of seven or eight past or future births. It can extend in space from one gavyūti (a measure of length 2 krośa) up to one yojana (a measure of length = 4 krośa) but not beyond it. The latter - vipulamati can extend from seven or eight births s up to innumerable births in the past and in the future. In space it can extend from one yojana up to the entire abode of human beings (i.e., up to the mountain range of Manuśottara) and not beyond that.
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Other particulars regarding these two varieties of manaḥparyayajñānā are described next.
| SR No. | 034448 |
| Book Title | Tattvartha Sutra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Vijay K Jain |
| Publisher | Vikalp Printers |
| Publication Year | 2018 |
| Total Pages | 500 |
| Language | Hindi, Sanskrit, English |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari & Book_English |
| File Size | 5 MB |