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Letter 17
113 knowledge which has limits of quantity, area, time etc. is called Avadhi Dnyan.
Avadhi Dnyan has different capacities or limitations, such as, the quantity of substances present within a particular area such as few feet or few miles away, their existence during a particular time such as few days, months or years in past or in the future. These limitations vary as per the capacity of the Avadhi Dnyan.
Devas in Deva phase or Naraki Jeevas in Narak phase have this Avadhi Dnyan. All the Jeevas in both these phases have this knowledge by birth. That is why this is known as Bhav Pratyay Avadhi Dnyan ( Hairya safu ). Some Jeevas in the phase of Tiryancha having all five sensory organs and mind, and some human beings also can have this Avadhi Dnyan.
With the help of this knowledge these Jeevas can know the happenings of present, past and future though they are taking place at a distance or other areas, where they are not physically present. This is not a miracle, but it is because of Avadhi Dnyan. This is possible even with the KuAvadhi Dnyan.
Many a people in this world are deceived or duped by making them believe that some people have power to see through time and space and are saints or Sadhu who can perform miracles. People also start worshipping them out of their ignorance. But once you know the nature of Avadhi Dnyan, then you need not worry or be impressed by the so called miracles. Avadhi Dnyan of a Jeev who has Samyak Darshan or Real Right Belief and knowledge is called SuAvadhi Dnyan.
(4) Manah Paryay Dnyan :- This Dnyan or knowledge is possessed by a few Bhavlingi Muni araferit fa. It can not be gained by any one other than the Nagna Digambar Bhavalingi Muni (tra farmara Hrafonit F-1). They can know the thoughts in other's minds about the Roopi substances only. This knowledge also has limitations similar to those which we saw in case of Avadhi Dnyan. And the capacity to know with reference to the above limitations varies as per the capacity of their knowledge.
(5) Keval Dnyan :- That knowledge which directly and clearly knows all the substances along with all their attributes as well as all the modifications of these attributes of all the time i.e. past, present and future, taking place in all the three Lokas along with knowledge of Aloka at the same time or at once, only in one samay is called Keval Dnyan.
The speciality or specific quality of this Dnyan is that Kevali Bhagwan does not have to see all the objects in this universe to know them. In fact they are totally immersed in knowing their own soul or Atma.
