Book Title: Mysteries of Life and Eternal Bliss
Author(s): Anantprasad Jain
Publisher: Tirthakar Mahavir Smruti Kendra Samiti Lakhnou UP
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while the other, who could not get the same or similar opportunity, remained raw.
Persons, who come in contact with many varieties of affairs, gain more experience and practical or theoretical knowledge than those whose activities are limited to smaller spheres or who live in comperative seclusion.
So we find that by education, teaching and experience the veil of ignorance is lifted and knowledge is gained or developed. Knowledge does not really come from out side but Atman itself has this inherent capacity or quality, Had this been coming from out side every thing would, also, have been made educated and learned, but it is not so,
The inherent capacity or quality of knowledge of Atman is obscured in some way or other and does not get full development by birth itself. Also by different embodiments, this capacity to develop knowlege is subject to further limitations special to each body or form or internal construction of the living being.
We know that there are thousands of different kinds of electrical machines for
