Re: questions based on Digha Tika

Dear Bryan,

Yes, I think so.

I understand the first as 'knowledge of the higher or lower state of the
<five> indriya' i.e. faith, etc. — probably not the senses here.

Lance

> Dear Lance,
>
> Thanks for this reference; I am unfamiliar with these. Are they the last six on page 3, i. e.
>
> 68. indriyaparopariyatte ñāṇaṃ. 69. sattānaṃ āsayānusaye ñāṇaṃ. 70. yamakapāṭihīre ñāṇaṃ.
> 71. mahākaruṇāsamāpattiyā ñāṇaṃ. 72. sabbaññutañāṇaṃ. 73. anāvaraṇañāṇaṃ.  ?
>
>
> the knowledge of what goes in in the senses and intentions of others.
> knowledge of the inclinations and intentions of beings
> knowledge of the twin miracles
> knowledge of the attainment of great compassion
> knowledge of omniscience
> knowledge of the lack of obstacles.
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>
> So the ṭīkā is referring to mahākaruṇāsamāpattiyā ñāṇaṃ,  sabbaññutañāṇa ? thanks for the reference and for your help,
>
>
> Mettā, Bryan
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>   From: L.S. Cousins <selwyn@...>
> To: palistudy@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 11:43:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [palistudy] questions based on Digha Tika
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> Bryan,
>
> I think the reference is to the cha ñāṇāni asādhāraṇāni sāvakehi (Paṭis
> I 3).
>
> Lance
>
>> I read it as
>>
>> He calls it the tranquil heart of
>> compassion which has become the distinctive foundation for unique knowledge,
>> like the knowledge of omniscience, abundant and complete; it is
>> compassion which has reached great compassion through the pervasion of its own
>> sphere, the cause of the state of tranqillity of the heart which is distinctive
>> to the Blessed One.
>>
>> sa- in this case must mean "its own" as you have suggested, mirroring omniscience which has also "filled its own sphere," i. e. which is sa-atisayaṃ (abundant, superior) and niravasesaṃ (complete, without remainder)
>>
>> Mettā, Bryan