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EXAMINATION OF THE 'PERSON OF SUPER-NORMAL VISION'. 1483
By this same argument all those arguments become answered which the other party had brought forward against the existence of the Omniscient Porson ; because the existence of the Omniscient Person is not something to be proved; what is meant to be proved is the clear manifestation of the thing in question in the well-known mind (of that Person).
In this way, on account of the peculiar character of the direct perception, the entire effects of the Defects in the shape of the deficiencies of Body, Speech and Mind, -become dispelled; and thus both kinds of Hindrance become set aside; and all hindrances having been set aside, Omniscience becomes an accomplished fact.-(3339)
The following might be urged "It may be that Omniscience in general has been proved; yet the Omniscience of Buddha has not been proved”.
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (3340) IN FACT, THIS (OMNISCIENCE) THAT HAS BEEN PROVED IS THAT OF Buddha HIMSELF, AS IT IS HE WHO, AT THE VERY OUTSET, EXPOUNDED THE DOCTRINE OF 'NO-SOUL'. THAT IS WHY HE STANDS AT THE HEAD OF ALL PHILOSOPHERS.
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COMMENTARY. The said omniscience has been proved really as belonging to Buddha, not to Kapila and others." Why" -Because at the very outset, it was He who expounded the doctrine of No-soul'.
What is meant is as follows:-By pointing out that all things are included among the five Thought Phases', Buddha taught, at the very outset, that there is 'No-soul'.-It is this same Teacher whose existence is proved by the Inferential Indicative in the shape of the teaching of 'Soul-less-ness'; and it is this Person who is called by us 'Sugata' (Buddha). Through this teaching of His, complete knowledge of all things, obtainable and discardable, along with the means of obtaining and discarding them, becomes secured. Hence it is through His connection with this complete knowledge that He becomes recognised as omniscient and reliable; hence it is only right and proper that His existence should be proved by persons who desire to under stand His teachings. His Omniscience does not rest upon His knowledge of such things as the number of insects in the world; though it is proved that the knowledge of such things also is possible for Him; as His knowledge relates to the Truth relating to all things and is lasting. For instance, by the teaching of the doctrine of No-soul '; -which is in full accordance with Reason and proofs-His knowledge becomes established by the teaching that this Soul-less-ness' has always been there and will always be there. He has shown that His knowledge of things is lasting :-specially because His teachings relating to the three kinds of Pain and allied things are in agreement with all the nine sections of the scriptures and with the teaching of the * Three Paths':--As He has made known the Four Truths' by various
