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I am the Soul
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Shrutajnana or ajnana. But not all have the same degree of kshayopashama; since there is discernment in it, that knowledge too cannot be similar in all.
For instance, intellect. Intellect is a type of Matijnana. Intellect is seen in all jivas whether big or small, but it is not the same in all of them. Neither is it the same in all humans. The reason being that kshayopashama of matijnanavarniya karma is not identical in all humans.
Indeed, there arises a question as to how there can be matiShrutajnana in a micro-uni-sensory jiva? That jiva too has at least one sense. It absorbs a subject through that one sense. Where there is absorption of a subject through a sense, there is bound to be knowledge. A jiva enjoys the subject absorbed through a sense. Where there is enjoyment, there is knowledge. There is feeling. If knowledge were not to be there, if feeling were not to be there, there would not be any enjoyment. Even a micro-uni-sensory jiva enjoys a subject which it has absorbed through it sense of touch, by the interaction of its body. Therefore, even to that jiva knowledge is open, albeit in an infinite part of the letter.
As the jiva progress into higher level of senses from the uni-sensory level, it begins to acquire more senses, and thereby more subjects for the senses, and their enjoyment and feeling progresses. All this mati-shruta is acquired because of the fading away of the jnanavarniya and thereby the mati-shruta goes on increasing
The human jiva with five senses is endowed with senses, mind and intellect -- all specific powers. The subjects which can be learnt through these powers are also many. The power of feeling is also greatly enhanced. A human has the ability to sense through body, mind and above all through intellect. This indicates that the kshayaopashama of mati-shruta jnanavarniya is the maximum in humans. All the powers in humans are more
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