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knowledge, occurs.Pure conscience endowed with infinite energy, bliss and knowledge lead to comprehend all substances and their modifications. Through the progressive development of the self which leads to annihilation of all obstructions of knowledge, i.e. only when all the knowledge obscuring karmas have been totally annihilated It reaches the state of omniscience. Omniscience which is already within the self, can be manifested after destruction of deluding karma.
Omniscience also called absolute knowledge is the very nature of the self, the supreme state. It is the direct intuition of the real existence, intelligence and bliss. It is the pure, absolute, complete, whole and total knowledge unlimited by space, time or object. It is without parts and is stainless. This quality is masked by karmic particles that surround the soul. The man endowed with absolute knowledge, knows this world and also the world beyond. Every soul has the potential to obtain omniscience by shedding off these karmic particles. An entity who has gained independence from all bondages achieves the absolute true consciousness.
Omniscience means infinite awareness of all substances along with their qualities and variations. Omniscience is knowledge itself that does not require any outward means for its awareness. It is always there, unattached, unlimited, and without any constraint, in the consciousness. It is the perception of the cognising faculty of self that results from direct awareness rather than sensory input. It is independent of senses, can be only felt and cannot be defined. There is no mind working. In this state acquiring knowledge is not a process. This state is somewhat like a mirror in which
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