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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
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concentration (Upadhana) and this is known as Upadhana conduct or concentration conduct.
At present many Upadhanas are carried out and you must be quite familiar with them.
Ahninavata' is a kind of formality to be maintained while attaining knowledge wherein a person has not to conceal the identity of his Guru, such as his name, his sect. etc. Vyanjana' is one more rule of conduct by which the student has to learn the letters of the scriptures, 'Ad verbatum' That is Artha Achara under which one has to construe the meaning exactly as it was intended to be construed and finally that is 'Abhaya Achara' by which the student of the Shastras learn the letters and the meanings of the shastras very properly.
Small drops some day would fill a pond to the brim and likewise one should daily learn some small portion of the sacred scriptures. It is laid down for a common house holder that he has to observe six duties, Viz. Worship of the Gods, serving the preceptor, study of the sacred scriptures; Restraint of senses, austerities and giving alms in charities. Mind, the study of shastras is not merely confined to the monks but to you also. You can study them which are meant for you.
VARIETIES OF AVADHIGNANA AND THE OTHER FORMS OF
KNOWLEDGE
Avadhi, Manah Paryaya, and kevala are the superior types of knowledge and they could be acquired by a human being with the he!p of restraint of senses and performance of severe austerities.
To the gods and the residents of hell Avadhignana (with range limit) is revealed as a natural consequence of the very birth as God or a resident of hell. With the (Upayoga) application of this Avadhignana the soul can perceive concrete objects of far off distance.
Avadhignana has six varieties. Anugami, i.e. which follows the seer.
Ananugami, i.e. which does not follow the seer. Varanamana, i.e. which is aggravated gradually. Heeyamana i.e. which di
