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It removes sorrows.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title=The Philosophy of the Panchdasi|author=Swami Krishnanda|publisher=The Divine Life Society|url= http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/panch/panch_07.html }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; According to [[Indian philosophy]], the three traditional kinds of knowledge are – &#039;&#039;[[pratyaksha]]&#039;&#039; (empirical), &#039;&#039;[[paroksha]]&#039;&#039; (conventional, universal) and &#039;&#039;aparoksha&#039;&#039; (transcendental).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title= The Eastern Anthropologist, Vol.49| publisher= Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society|page=103|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5oiAQAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=aproksha&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;dq=aproksha&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=RwW-U7yeHY25uATW4YH4AQ&amp;amp;ved=0CEUQ6AEwCQ&lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;Aparoksha&#039;&#039; is the highest kind of knowledge which cannot be gained without the practice of morality that converts &#039;&#039;paroksha&#039;&#039; knowledge from which unity of existence is derived.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title= Five years of Theosophy| publisher= Theosophical Pub. Society|page=138| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tPNNAQAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=aproksha&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;dq=aproksha&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=RwW-U7yeHY25uATW4YH4AQ&amp;amp;ved=0CDQQ6AEwBQ &lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This knowledge is gained by establishing a &#039;&#039;guru-shishya sambandha&#039;&#039; ([[Guru-shishya tradition]]) with a teacher who has already experienced that kind of knowledge ([[Aparoksanubhuti]]); the [[karma]] or acts required to be done, after gain of &#039;&#039;Aparoksha jnana&#039;&#039; is &#039;&#039;Vidya-karma&#039;&#039; which consists in &#039;&#039;sravana&#039;&#039; (hearing of srutis), &#039;&#039;[[Manana (reflection)|manana]]&#039;&#039; (reflection) and &#039;&#039;[[nididhyasana]]&#039;&#039; (meditation on Brahman).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; {{cite book|title=Research Journals of Philosophy and Sciences &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;Vol.3| author= Kedar Nath Ram Nath| publisher= University of Michigan|pages= 57,71| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixfkAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=aproksha&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;dq=aproksha&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=Cge-U8WtIISOuATMhYCADw&amp;amp;ved=0CBkQ6AEwADgK &lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Aparoksha&#039;&#039;&#039;  ([[Sanskrit]]: अपरोक्ष), a Sanskrit adjective meaning not invisible or perceptible,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Sanskrit Dictionary|publisher=Spokensanskrit de.|url=http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?script=HK&amp;amp;beginning=0+&amp;amp;tinput=+%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7&amp;amp;trans=Translate&amp;amp;direction=AU }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; refers to direct intuitive [[Vidya (Knowledge)|knowledge]] which is one of the seven stages of knowledge or conditions of [[Chidabhasa]], the first three being the sources of bondage and the rest four being the processes of liberation; and to the continuation of the deepening of conventional knowledge. 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Society|page=138| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tPNNAQAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=aproksha }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This knowledge is gained by establishing a &#039;&#039;guru-shishya sambandha&#039;&#039; ([[Guru-shishya tradition]]) with a teacher who has already experienced that kind of knowledge ([[Aparoksanubhuti]]); the [[karma]] or acts required to be done, after gain of &#039;&#039;Aparoksha jnana&#039;&#039; is &#039;&#039;Vidya-karma&#039;&#039; which consists in &#039;&#039;sravana&#039;&#039; (hearing of srutis), &#039;&#039;[[Manana (reflection)|manana]]&#039;&#039; (reflection) and &#039;&#039;[[nididhyasana]]&#039;&#039; (meditation on Brahman).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; {{cite book|title=Research Journals of Philosophy and Sciences Vol.3| author= Kedar Nath Ram Nath| publisher= University of Michigan|pages= 57,71| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixfkAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=aproksha }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aparoksha is &#039;&#039;[[savikalpa]] jnana&#039;&#039; (knowledge) when one re-recognizes the non-dual nature of the ever-realized Self ([[Tat Tvam Asi]]), it is the immediate knowledge gained through the &#039;&#039;[[pramana]]s&#039;&#039;; practice of &#039;&#039;[[Dhyana in Hinduism|Dhyana]]&#039;&#039; (meditation) removes all &#039;&#039;vikalpas&#039;&#039; (varied thoughts) and leads to &#039;&#039;[[nirvikalpa]]&#039;&#039; or the thoughtless state, which is the highest experience, the immediate realization of Truth.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title= The Wisdom of Sri Dattatreya|author =K.N.Subramanian| publisher= Sura Books| pages= 80,81| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=wbeg45SMdagC&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;pg=PA80&amp;amp;dq=aproksha&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=RwW-U7yeHY25uATW4YH4AQ&amp;amp;ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&lt;/del&gt;&amp;amp;q=aproksha&amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;f&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;false &lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It is the method of cessation from individual and collective perception leading to the position of neutrality.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Cyber temple of the Beautiful Lord – The Bhagavata|url= http://www.mahaprabhu.net/bhag2.html  }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;Sarvam khalvidam Brahman&#039;&#039; (all this is Brahman) is &#039;&#039;paroksha&#039;&#039; knowledge, but the understanding  that &#039;&#039;[[Aham Brahman Asmi]]&#039;&#039; (I am Brahman) is &#039;&#039;aparoksha&#039;&#039; knowledge.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Self Knowledge|url=http://www.vijnana.org/2009/04/shravanammananamnidhidhyasanam.html|access-date=2014-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171945/http://www.vijnana.org/2009/04/shravanammananamnidhidhyasanam.html|archive-date=2014-07-14|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aparoksha is &#039;&#039;[[savikalpa]] jnana&#039;&#039; (knowledge) when one re-recognizes the non-dual nature of the ever-realized Self ([[Tat Tvam Asi]]), it is the immediate knowledge gained through the &#039;&#039;[[pramana]]s&#039;&#039;; practice of &#039;&#039;[[Dhyana in Hinduism|Dhyana]]&#039;&#039; (meditation) removes all &#039;&#039;vikalpas&#039;&#039; (varied thoughts) and leads to &#039;&#039;[[nirvikalpa]]&#039;&#039; or the thoughtless state, which is the highest experience, the immediate realization of Truth.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title= The Wisdom of Sri Dattatreya|author =K.N.Subramanian&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|year =2003&lt;/ins&gt;| publisher= Sura Books| pages= 80,81&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|isbn =9788174783905&lt;/ins&gt;| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=wbeg45SMdagC&amp;amp;q=aproksha&amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;pg&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;PA80 &lt;/ins&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It is the method of cessation from individual and collective perception leading to the position of neutrality.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Cyber temple of the Beautiful Lord – The Bhagavata|url= http://www.mahaprabhu.net/bhag2.html  }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;Sarvam khalvidam Brahman&#039;&#039; (all this is Brahman) is &#039;&#039;paroksha&#039;&#039; knowledge, but the understanding  that &#039;&#039;[[Aham Brahman Asmi]]&#039;&#039; (I am Brahman) is &#039;&#039;aparoksha&#039;&#039; knowledge.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Self Knowledge|url=http://www.vijnana.org/2009/04/shravanammananamnidhidhyasanam.html|access-date=2014-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171945/http://www.vijnana.org/2009/04/shravanammananamnidhidhyasanam.html|archive-date=2014-07-14|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Aparoksha&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;  ([[Sanskrit]]: अपरोक्ष), a Sanskrit adjective meaning not invisible or perceptible,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Sanskrit Dictionary|publisher=Spokensanskrit de.|url=http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?script=HK&amp;amp;beginning=0+&amp;amp;tinput=+%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7&amp;amp;trans=Translate&amp;amp;direction=AU }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; refers to direct intuitive [[Vidya (Knowledge)|knowledge]] which is one of the seven stages of knowledge or conditions of [[Chidabhasa]], the first three being the sources of bondage and the rest four being the processes of liberation; and to the continuation of the deepening of conventional knowledge. It removes sorrows.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title=The Philosophy of the Panchdasi|author=Swami Krishnanda|publisher=The Divine Life Society|url= http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/panch/panch_07.html }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; According to [[Indian philosophy]], the three traditional kinds of knowledge are – &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[pratyaksha]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (empirical), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[paroksha]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (conventional, universal) and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;aparoksha&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (transcendental).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title= The Eastern Anthropologist, Vol.49| publisher= Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society|page=103|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5oiAQAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=aproksha&amp;amp;dq=aproksha&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=RwW-U7yeHY25uATW4YH4AQ&amp;amp;ved=0CEUQ6AEwCQ}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Aparoksha&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is the highest kind of knowledge which cannot be gained without the practice of morality that converts &amp;#039;&amp;#039;paroksha&amp;#039;&amp;#039; knowledge from which unity of existence is derived.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title= Five years of Theosophy| publisher= Theosophical Pub. Society|page=138| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tPNNAQAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=aproksha&amp;amp;dq=aproksha&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=RwW-U7yeHY25uATW4YH4AQ&amp;amp;ved=0CDQQ6AEwBQ }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This knowledge is gained by establishing a &amp;#039;&amp;#039;guru-shishya sambandha&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ([[Guru-shishya tradition]]) with a teacher who has already experienced that kind of knowledge ([[Aparoksanubhuti]]); the [[karma]] or acts required to be done, after gain of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Aparoksha jnana&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Vidya-karma&amp;#039;&amp;#039; which consists in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;sravana&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (hearing of srutis), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Manana (reflection)|manana]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (reflection) and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[nididhyasana]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (meditation on Brahman).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; {{cite book|title=Research Journals of Philosophy and Sciences  Vol.3| author= Kedar Nath Ram Nath| publisher= University of Michigan|pages= 57,71| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixfkAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=aproksha&amp;amp;dq=aproksha&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=Cge-U8WtIISOuATMhYCADw&amp;amp;ved=0CBkQ6AEwADgK }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Aparoksha is &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[savikalpa]] jnana&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (knowledge) when one re-recognizes the non-dual nature of the ever-realized Self ([[Tat Tvam Asi]]), it is the immediate knowledge gained through the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[pramana]]s&amp;#039;&amp;#039;; practice of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Dhyana in Hinduism|Dhyana]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (meditation) removes all &amp;#039;&amp;#039;vikalpas&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (varied thoughts) and leads to &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[nirvikalpa]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or the thoughtless state, which is the highest experience, the immediate realization of Truth.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title= The Wisdom of Sri Dattatreya|author =K.N.Subramanian| publisher= Sura Books| pages= 80,81| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=wbeg45SMdagC&amp;amp;pg=PA80&amp;amp;dq=aproksha&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=RwW-U7yeHY25uATW4YH4AQ&amp;amp;ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=aproksha&amp;amp;f=false }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It is the method of cessation from individual and collective perception leading to the position of neutrality.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Cyber temple of the Beautiful Lord – The Bhagavata|url= http://www.mahaprabhu.net/bhag2.html  }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sarvam khalvidam Brahman&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (all this is Brahman) is &amp;#039;&amp;#039;paroksha&amp;#039;&amp;#039; knowledge, but the understanding  that &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Aham Brahman Asmi]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (I am Brahman) is &amp;#039;&amp;#039;aparoksha&amp;#039;&amp;#039; knowledge.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Self Knowledge|url=http://www.vijnana.org/2009/04/shravanammananamnidhidhyasanam.html|access-date=2014-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171945/http://www.vijnana.org/2009/04/shravanammananamnidhidhyasanam.html|archive-date=2014-07-14|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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