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and mental discipline.70 The conditions of the possession of the Manaḥparyaya can be mentioned as i) developed human beings in the Karmabhūmi ii) with samyakdssti and iii) with self-control and righteousness,
There are two types of Manaḥparyaya : i) Rjumati and ii) Vipulamati.71 Þjumati is less pure and it sometimes falters. Vipulamati is pure and more lasting. Pancastikayasara gives a description of the distinction between the nature of Rjumati and Vipulamati manaḥparyaya.72
Rjumati gives direct intuition of the thoughts of others, while in the Vipulamati the process of knowing the ideas of others is manifested in an irregular way. One who is on the higher stage of spiritual development acquires Vipulamati manahparyaya, while one who is in the lower scale of spiritual development gets Rjumati manahparyaya.
In the West interest in the study of such extra-sensory perception is increasing. The Society for Psychical Research is investigating the phenomenon of telepathic cognition. Prof. Oliver Lodge carried out experiments on telepathy when he was a Prof. of Physics. Some Psychologists, like McDougall, were inclined to accept the fact of telepathy. Prof. H. H. Price is of the opinion that there is abundant evidence for accepting the telepathic intuition.78 Dr. Rhine maintains that extra-sensory Perception in the form clairvoyance and telepathy are actual and demonstrable accurences. They are not sensory phenomena.74
Kēvala is omniscience. The soul in its pure form acquires this knowledge due to the removal of karma. Perfect knowledge (omniscience) is gained by the destruction of the four types of karma; Jñanavaraniya, darśandvaraniya, mōhaniya and antara ya karmas. The total destruction of the mōhaniya karmu is followed by a short interval of the time called Muhurta. The other karmas obscuring jñana, darśana and antärdya are destroyed. Then the soul attains omniscience. The moment the darkening karmic substances of the six lēsyas are removed ignorance disappears. 78
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