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HERMANN KUHN
SUTRAS
SUTRA 1 सम्यग्दर्शनज्ञानचारित्राणि मोक्षमार्गः ॥ १ ॥ Samyag darshana jnana charitrani moksha margah (1), - The intuition how to optimally unfold our consciousness (samyag darshana) - knowledge that makes us recognize and understand this unfold
ing of consciousness (samyag jnana) and - the manifestation of these insights in action (samyag charitra) are the path to liberation. (1)
Three factors need to act together to enable the dynamic unfoldment of our consciousness that makes us perceive new, more comprehensive and far more fascinating dimensions of life: 1 - The intuition how to optimally unfold our consciousness (sam
yag darshana) is the ability to spontaneously choose from the innumerable alternatives of daily life the one optimal action that makes us perceive and experience vast, unknown and far more fascinating dimensions of life.
This intuitive ability to find our path to inner growth is no mystic faculty that needs to be trained tediously through esoteric techniques, but nothing other than a special feature of our perception called darshana in Sanskrit.
darshana is intuitive comprehension; - it is the emotional weight we assign to sense-impressions and insights. By intuitive comprehension we select from all the possible actions of daily life the one we feel most attracted to.
Our intellect plays hardly any role in this process. It is far too slow to compute in advance all the consequences our actions may have in the fast pace of daily life.
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