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Letter 17
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(3) Avadhi Darshan :- The general perception of the object which occurs just before the Avadhi Dnyan or Clairvoyant knowledge is called Avadhi Darshan or Clairvoyant perception.
(4) Keval Darshan :- The perception which occurs alongwith the Keval Dnyan or omniscience is called Keval Darshan or omniscient perception.
We have just seen that the nature of Jeev is to see or perceive and to know. He is the knower and the perceiver. Of these the perception is the activity of Darshan attribute and knowing is the activity of Dnyan attribute. When our attention is at the perception then the activity of knowing is not in focus. And when the attention is focussed on knowing then it is not focussed on perception.
Whatever Dnyanopayog we have is always preceeded by Darshanopayog. But in the case of Kewali Bhagawant or Siddha and Arihant their attention is simultaneously at Darshan and Dnyan together. That means their Kewal Darshan केवलदर्शन and Kewal Dnyan केवलज्ञान are at the same time.
There are eight modifications of Dnyan attribute. Out of these three modifications are of Mithya Dnyan. They are (1) Kumati Dnyan fa ma, (2) Kushrut Dnyan and (3) KuAvadhi Dnyan af. It is also called as Vibhanga Dnyan विभंग ज्ञान.
Till one attains Real Right Belief and Real Right knowledge or Atma Dnyan, any amount of education and degree acquired or even the knowledge of the scriptures also is called Mithya Dnyan. Only after attaining Atma Dnyan all knowledge, i.e. knowledge about Atma as well as knowledge about all the other things becomes Samyak Dnyan or Real Right knowledge.
Suppose some person who has not attained Real Right belief has knowledge of Geography, History, Maths etc. then his that knowledge is called Mithya Dnyan. And as soon as he attains Real Right Belief then his knowledge regarding the same subjects is also called Samyak Dnyan. Because now he has the knowledge of the true nature of the substances. He has acquired the knowledge of what is his own self and what are the other substances and how they are seperate or different from himself or Jeev. And he has experienced the true nature of his self.
There are five modifications of Samyak Dnyan (1) Sumati Dnyan सुमतिज्ञान ( 2 ) Sushrut Dnyan सुश्रुतज्ञान (3) SuAvadhi Dnyan सुअवधिज्ञान (4) Manah Paryay Dnyan मन:पर्ययज्ञान and (5) Keval Dnyan केवलज्ञान.
Until and unless one does not attain Keval Dnyan, all the living beings in this cosmos, i.e. ranging from those having single sensory organ to those having five sensory organs, have Mati and Shrut Dnyan.
