[ CHAPTER LXXII. -LXXIII. - OMNISCIENT AND UNOBSTRUCTED KNOWLEDGE ]
598. What is the Perfect One's omniscient knowledge?
599. It knows without exception all that is formed and unformed, thus it is omniscient knowledge: it is without obstruction there, thus it is unobstructed
knowledge.
All that is past it knows, thus it is omniscient knowledge: it is without obstruction there, thus it is unobstructed knowledge.
All that is future it knows,...
All that is presently-arisen it knows,...
Eye and visible objects: all that it knows,...
Ear and sounds: all that it knows,...
Nose and odours: all that it knows,...
Tongue and flavours: all that it knows,...
Body and tangible objects: all that it knows,...
Mind and ideas: all that it knows,...
600. The extent of the meaning of impermanence, the meaning of pain, the meaning of not self: all that it knows, thus it is omniscient knowledge:
it is without obstruction there, thus it is unobstructed knowledge. The extent of materiality's meaning of impermanence, meaning of pain,
meaning of not self: all that it knows,... [and so on with the rest of the 201 ideas listed in §5 up to]...
The extent of ageing-and-death's meaning of impermanence, meaning of pain, meaning of not self: all that it knows,...
601. The extent of the meaning of direct knowledge in direct knowledge: all that it knows,...
The extent of the meaning of full understanding in full understanding: all that it knows,...
The extent of the meaning of abandoning in abandoning: all that it knows,...
The extent of the meaning of developing in developing: all that it knows,...
The extent of the meaning of realizing in realizing: all that it knows,...
The extent of the meaning of aggregate in the aggregates: all that it knows,...
The extent of the meaning of principle in the principles: all that it knows,...
The extent of the meaning of base in the bases: all that it knows,...
The extent of the meaning of formed in what is formed: all that it knows,...
The extent of the meaning of unformed in the unformed: all that it knows,...
602. To the extent that ideas are profitable: all that it knows,...
To the extent that ideas are unprofitable:...
To the extent that ideas are indeterminate:...
To the extent that ideas are of the sensual-desire sphere:...
To the extent that ideas are of the material sphere:...
To the extent that ideas are of the immaterial sphere:...
To the extent that ideas are unincluded: all that it knows,...
603. To the extent of the meaning of suffering in suffering: all that it knows,...
To the extent of the meaning of origin in origin:...
To the extent of the meaning of cessation in cessation:...
To the extent of the meaning of path in the path: all that it knows,...
604. To the extent of the meaning of discrimination of meaning in the discrimination of meaning: all that it knows,...
To the extent of the meaning of discrimination of ideas in the discrimination of ideas: all that it knows,...
To the extent of the meaning of discrimination of language in the discrimination of language: all that it knows,... [133]
To the extent of the meaning of discrimination of perspicuity in the discrimination of perspicuity: all that it knows,...
605. To the extent of knowledge of penetration of others' faculties: all that it knows,...
To the extent of knowledge of beings' biasses and underlying tendencies: all that it knows,...
To the extent of knowledge of the Twin Metamorphosis: all that it knows,...
To the extent of knowledge of the attainment of the Great Compassion: all that it knows, thus it is omniscient knowledge: it is without obstruction
there, thus it is unobstructed knowledge.
606. To the extent of what is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, encountered, sought, considered by the mind, in the world with its deities, its Māras and
its Brahmā Gods, in this generation with its ascetics and brahmans, with its princes and men: all that it knows, thus it is omniscient knowledge: it
is without obstruction there, thus it is unobstructed knowledge.
607. Here in this world is naught unseen by him, Naught uncognized, and naught unknowable; He has experienced all that can be known:
Therefore the Perfect One is called All-seer.
608. All-seer. In what sense All-seer?
There are fourteen kinds of Enlightened One's knowledge:
Knowledge of suffering is an Enlightened One's knowledge.
Knowledge of the origin of suffering...
Knowledge of the cessation of suffering...
Knowledge of the way leading to the cessation of suffering ...
Knowledge of the discrimination of meanings ...
Knowledge of the discrimination of ideas...
Knowledge of the discrimination of language ...
Knowledge of the discrimination of perspicuity ...
Knowledge of the penetration of others' faculties...
Knowledge of beings' biasses and underlying tendencies ...
Knowledge of the Twin Metamorphosis...
Knowledge of the attainment of the Great Compassion...
Omniscient knowledge is an Enlightened One's knowledge.
Unobstructed knowledge is an Enlightened One's knowledge.
These are the fourteen kinds of Enlightened One's knowledge. Of these fourteen kinds of Enlightened One's knowledge, eight are shared by disciples and six are not shared by disciples.
609. [134] To the extent of the meaning of suffering in suffering all is known, there is no meaning of suffering unknown, thus it is omniscient
knowledge: it is without obstruction there, thus it is unobstructed knowledge. To the extent of the meaning of suffering in suffering all is seen, all is
recognized, all is realized, all is sounded by understanding, there is no meaning of suffering unsounded by understanding, thus it is omniscient
knowledge: it is without obstruction there, thus it is unobstructed knowledge. To the extent of the meaning of origin in origin ... [and so on with
each of the rest of the four actualities.]
610. To the extent of the meaning of discrimination-of-meanings in the discrimination-of-meanings ... [and so on with the rest of the four discriminations
up to] ... To the extent of the meaning of discrimination-of-perspicuity in the discrimination-of-perspicuity all is known, there is no meaning of discrimination-of-perspicuity unknown, thus it is omniscient knowledge: it is without obstruction there, thus it is unobstructed knowledge.
To the extent of the meaning of discrimination of perspicuity in the discrimination-of-perspicuity all is seen, all is recognized, all is realized,
all is sounded by understanding, there is no meaning of discrimination-of perspicuity unsounded by understanding, thus it is omniscient knowledge:
it is without obstruction there, thus it is unobstructed knowledge.
611. To the extent of knowledge of others' faculties ... To the extent of knowledge of beings' biasses and underlying tendencies
...
To the extent of knowledge of the Twin Metamorphosis...
To the extent of knowledge of the attainment of the Great Compassion
...
To the extent of what is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, encountered, sought, considered by the mind, in the world with its deities, its Māras and
its Brahmā Gods, in this generation with its ascetics and brahmans, with its princes and men, all is known, all is seen,... omniscient knowledge:
it is without obstruction there, thus it is unobstructed knowledge.
612. Here in this world is naught unseen by him, Naught uncognized, and naught unknowable; He has experienced all that can be known: Therefore the Perfect One is called All-seer.
End of Treatise on Knowledge