Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t8.54

v1.c7.s7.t8.54

In framing its “five Jnana” theory, Jainism was actually trying to emphasise that: the capacity of human organs to understand things is limited, and might very likely give rise to misconceptions or incorrect perceptions. To attain perfect knowledge one must eliminate reliance on sense organs and try to directly perceive or intuit.