Notion of Growth

Author(s): Hermann Kuhn
Publisher: Crosswind Publishing Germany

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THE NOTION OF GROWTH
- Quantities and proportions (alpa-bahutva) - pramana perceives up to what extent the elements manifest their qualities. It also perceives their proportions and relationship of their particular manifestations towards each other.
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That what we perceive by pramana is called knowledge.
We take in knowledge through five different channels. The qualities of the channels have major influence on how clearly and to what extent we perceive knowledge. Therefore the next sutras describe the nature of these channels and their respective range.
SUTRA 9
मतिश्रुतावधिमनःपर्ययकेवलानि ज्ञानम् ॥ ९ ॥
Mati srutavadhi manahparyaya kevalani jnanam (9)
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There are five types of knowledge (jnana):
- knowledge we perceive through the senses (mati)
- knowledge we gain from external sources (scriptures, teachers, etc.) (sruti)
- knowledge we receive through clairvoyance and telepathy (avadhi)
- knowledge we receive by the direct perception of contents present in the mind of others (manahparyaya) and
- omniscience (kevala jnana). (9)