Abstract:
Through out the history it has been recognized that the human
mind is capable grasping of knowledge of two kinds or two modes of
consciousness which have often been termed the rational and
intuitive .
Rational knowledge is derived from the experience we have with
objects and events in our everyday environment . It belongs to the
realm of the intellect whose function it is to discriminate , divide,
compare , measure and categorize . In this way a world of intellectual
distinctions is created of opposites which can on lyexistin relation to
each other , which is why the Buddhist calls this type of knowledge
" relative " .
Abstraction is the crucial feature of this knowledge because in
order to compare and to classif y the immense variety of shapes,