Book Title: Jainism Key to Reality
Author(s): Shuganchand Jain
Publisher: Digambar Jain Trilok Shodh Sansthan

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________________ Q.1.22.17 A.I.22.17 What is meant by de vadhi? This is the clairvoyant knowledge attained by a person having right faith but not following the vows (avirati) i.e. in the fourth stage of spiritual purification (gunasth na). Q.1.22.18 A.I.22.18 What is meant by parm vadhi clairvoyance? This is clairvoyant knowledge to a person practicing self-restraint and is limited to innumerable space-points (asamkhy t lokapram na). Q.1.22.19 A.I.22.19 What is meant by sarv vadhi clairvoyance? It is the clairvoyant knowledge which is greater and more potent than param vadhi. Q.I.22.20 A.I.22.20 Who are the owners of these classes of clairvoyant knowledge? Generally clairvoyance is possible to be attained by the living beings in all the four destinies / states (gati). However the de vadhi can be attained by living beings in human and sub-human states with right faith. The other two types, namely parm vadhi and sarv vadhi, are possible only for the monks who are shortly going to attain liberation. ******** _t@foi gerh eu% ; % 1.23 Rju-vipulamat manah paryayah VFk% '_tefr' vkj foi gefr eu%;? Kku ds nks Hks gå Simple (Rajumati) and Complex (vipulamati) are the two kinds of telepathy or mental-modes knowledge (manah paryaya). How many kinds of telepathy are there and what are their names? There are two types of telepathy namely: i. simple or straight telepathy and ii. Complex / curved Q.1.23.1 A.I.23.1 Q.1.23.2 A.I.23.2 What is 'simple telepathy'? Simple telepathy is the knowledge which knows simple concrete objects of thought in other's mind. Q.1.23.3 A.I.23.3 What is complex telepathy'? The knowledge which knows simple as well as complicated objects of thought in others mind is called 'complex telepathy'. Q.1.23.4 A.I.23.4 What are the spatial and temporal limits of telepathy? Concerning time, it can know from two to three destinies to innumerable destinies / states. From space viewpoint, it can know up to the limits of the space where the human beings exist. *********

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