Hindi me seedhi si baat:

• Bina chakshu (ani indriyo ke) gyan ke do mukhya roop hote hain:

1) Shabda Jnana (śruti-jnana): Shastra ya guru ki vaani se milta hai. Isme hum kehte hain ki jo dharma-sutra, īśvar-vachan ya Tirthankar ke udeshya hai, us par hum shabd se gyan prapt karte hain. Is praman par Jain dharma me bahut mahatva diya gaya hai. 2) Aparoksha/Jñāna (kevala jñāna): Atma ki yogyata se, bina indriyo ke, puri tarah pure jñāna ka paripurn svabhav prakat hota hai. Isme kevali (sarvagnaan) hote hain, jinhen kevala jnana milta hai aur unko anya praman ki zarurat nahi hoti.

• Kevala jnana (omniscience) kya hai?

- Ye aisa gyan hai jo atma ke poore svaroop se milta hai, saare khand aur kshan ki jankari ek saath milti hai, bina indriyon ke vistaar ya vishesh pratyaksha ke. Digambar/Shwetambar dono me is keval-jnana ki mahan gyanata svikrit hai.

• Digambar vs Shvetambar me farq kya hai?

- Shabda Jnana (scriptural test) dono paramparaon me maana jata hai, lekin dono apne-vichar me kuch baton ko alag tareeke se samjhte hain. Aksar, Shabda ki mahatva dono me hoti hai. - Kevala jnana ki siddhanta dono me samanya roop se maana jata hai (paribhasha ya vyakhya me chhote-mote antar samay-samay par milte hain). Anuyayi-dharma me iski avashyakta aur vyakhya thodi bhinn ho sakti hai, lekin mool tatva same rahte hain.

• Yadi aap chahen to main in gyanon ki chhoti-chioti misalen ke saath saar-vyavaharik arth (arth) aur dharmik mahatva aasan shabdon me samjha sakta hoon.

Agar aap chahein, main is vishay par mukhya sutra/uttaron ka saral arth bhi de sakta hoon.