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SUTRAS
they also identify exactly the range for which a particular partial insight is applicable.
Partial sights (nayas) are valid for only one of the four planes of reality,22 i.e. either - the plane of names - where we use terms and expressions for
the purpose of communication and social mechanisms (nania) -
or
- the plane of selection - where we filter our individual reality from the constant barrage of billions of inner and outer stimuli
(sthapana) - or - the plane of all potentially possible features of the elements -
the basis for the identical perception of reality by different people (dravya) - or - the plane of facts - where individual features of the elements
effect our present (bhava).
Partial sight further relates either to - the non-changing, general characteristics of the elements (dravyartika) - like the feature of space to provide room for the other
elements, - or to - the ever-changing appearances of the elements (paryayarthika) -
like the different physical forms we take on during our incarnations.
Sutra 33 describes seven easy steps to gain insight into reality through partial sight (naya).
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In the Western hemisphere of the world we concentrate mainly on partial sight (naya). Our current concept of knowledge is essentially
22 see sutra 5
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