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SUTRAS
TEXT OF THE SUTRAS
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(20) Knowledge we obtain from external sources (sruti) first needs
to be perceived by our senses. There are two types of scriptures. The first type has twelve, the
second one many divisions. (21) In the inhabitants of celestial and nether regions extrasensory
perception (avadhi) is inborn. (22) Human beings and animals experience six types of extrasen
sory perception (avadhi) once their respective karmas are dissolved.
(23) Direct perception of the consciousness of others (manah-paryaya)
occurs in two intensities: - in simple form (rjumati) and
- as deep, comprehensive insight (vipulamati). (24) These two types of direct mental perception (manalı-paryaya)
differ in their degree of clarity and in the possibility of losing
this ability again. (25) Direct mental perception (manal-paryaya) differs from extrasen
sory perception (avadhi) by - its clarity - the spatial boundaries in which it functions - the degree of realization of the perceiver and - the type of the perceived objects.
(26) Sense-perception and external knowledge perceive all six ele
ments (living beings, matter, time etc.), but not all their features. (27) Extrasensory perception (avadhi) perceives all that has form, but
not all its features.
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