tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post5371125945526262073..comments2024-02-06T22:19:13.028-08:00Comments on Mining Aśvaghoṣa's Gold: SAUNDARANANDA 17.5: The Secret Is in the PreparationMike Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-66464924852071784512012-01-14T09:50:58.512-08:002012-01-14T09:50:58.512-08:00The intention of jñānena lokyena (mundane/ordinary...The intention of jñānena lokyena (mundane/ordinary knowing) may be to discriminate between this kind of knowing and the six abhijñā (the super-powers or "supra-mundane" powers of knowing); that is, the five powers described in 16.1-2 as emerging from the four stages of sitting-meditation, and the sixth power, the power to eradicate the polluting influences, referred to in 16.3.Mike Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.com