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Hermann Kuhn
- The instruments for perceiving material knowledge are
our sense-organs (indriyas). - The instrument for the perception of non-material knowledge is an organ41 (anindriya) that gives us access to regions beyond the range of the sense-organs.
Our senses perceive their objects up to a limited degree of subtlety. Their perception keeps constant for longer periods.
Our mind functions in a different way. It is neither restricted in subtlety, nor does it stay long on one single object (i.e. our attention jumps constantly from one object to another).
The mind is also called the 'inner sense-organ', since its evaluations of events, situations, recollection etc. is independent of the outer senses.
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BTCE ETGRUER UIT || 94 Avagrahehavaya dharanah (15) Sensory knowledge develops in four stages: 1 - apprehension (avagraha) 2 - forming a first idea of what has been perceived
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41 According to the Jains the mind (manas) is an organ made of sub
tle matter (manovargana) in form of a lotus-flower with eight petals that is positioned to the right and above the heart. anindriya, manas and antahkarana are synonyms for 'mind'.
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