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form or channel of knowledge than the first, but still it is based on sensation: if we do not first see or hear or feel the sign we cannot interpret it.
The 3rd form of knowledge is called (arat.) Avadhi. It depends entirely upon the activity of the ego without the activity of the mind or the senses; and still it is knowledge limited in extent and
content.
The 4th form of knowledge is (a.) Manahparyava-jnana; or mind-knowing.
The 5th form of knowledge is (a) Kevala ; or omniscience, knowledge which has no limitations as to space or time or subject.
The first two forms of knowledge are the only two recognized in the West and it is in this stage that most people are.
Memory, judgment, perception, etc., are the results of the removal of knowledge obscuring kar
mas.
THIRD LECTURE.*
The consciousness of the individ ual is not identical with the physiological activity of the body; the one may even be dependent upon, but it is different from the other. Consciousness is one thing, activity of brain molecules is another different thing.
*(The following lecture, was taken in very difficult circumstances, and is somewhat imperfect in consequence.)
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