Tattvartha Sutra

Author(s): Umaswati, Umaswami, Manu Doshi
Publisher: Shrutratnakar Ahmedabad

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KNOWLEDGE
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(Clairvoyance and mind reading capacity differ in terms of purity, extent, nature of those who hold that and the subjects covered.)
Clairvoyance as well as mind reading capability arises by virtue of internal purity. They, however, differ in four respects. The level of purity required for the former is lower than that for the latter. By virtue of that, the latter knows its subjects to a far greater extent than the former. On the other hand, the scope of the former can extend to the entire universe, while that of the latter is restricted to the area of human habitation; the former can be held by living beings belonging to any state of existence (humans, heavenly beings, creatures and infernal beings), while the latter is held only by spiritually advanced human beings; the former can relate to all the tangible objects, while the latter relates only to the mental states.
मतिश्रुतयोर्निबन्धः सर्वद्रव्येष्वसर्वपर्यायेषु ॥१-२७॥ Trifavalast: 118-2011 तदनन्तभागे मनःपर्यायस्य ॥१-२९॥ सर्वद्रव्यपर्यायेषु केवलस्य ॥१-३०॥
1.27: Matishrutyornibandhah Sarvadravyeshvasarvaparyäyeshu
1.28: Roopishvavadheh 1.29: Tadanantabhäge Manahparyayasya 1.30: Sarvadravyaparyäyeshu Kevalasya
(The range of sensory and scriptural knowledge can extend to all the objects, but relate to a few modes. That of clairvoyance can extend to all the tangible objects, but relate to