Two aspects of omniscience
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The two aspects of omniscience (Wyl. mkhyen pa gnyis):
- the omniscience which knows the nature of things (Skt. yathā; Tib. ཇི་ལྟ་བ་, Wyl. ji lta ba) and
- the omniscience which knows all things in their multiplicity (Skt. yāvat; Wyl. ji snyed pa).
Alternative Terms
- knowledge of all things in their nature (Wyl. ji lta mkhyen pa)
- knowledge of things in all their multiplicity (Wyl. ji snyed pa mkhyen pa)
Alternative Translations
- ontological knowledge & phenomenological knowledge (Wallace)