Editing Omniscience (section)

===Buddhism===
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The topic of omniscience has been much debated in various Indian traditions, but no more so than by the Buddhists. After [[Dharmakirti]]'s excursions into the subject of [[pramana|what constitutes a valid cognition]], [[Śāntarakṣita]] and his student [[Kamalaśīla]] thoroughly investigated the subject in the [[Tattvasamgraha]] and its commentary the Panjika. The arguments in the text can be broadly grouped into four sections:
* The refutation that cognitions, either perceived, inferred, or otherwise, can be used to refute omniscience.
* A demonstration of the possibility of omniscience through apprehending the selfless universal nature of all knowables, by examining what it means to be ignorant and the nature of mind and awareness.
* A demonstration of the total omniscience where all individual characteristics (svalaksana) are available to the omniscient being.
* The specific demonstration of [[Shakyamuni Buddha]]'s non-exclusive omniscience, but the knowledge of Shakyamuni Buddha's is really infinite and no other [[Hindu deities|gods]] or being can match his true omniscience.<ref>McClintock, Sara L. (2010). ''Omniscience and the Rhetoric of Reason''. Wisdom Publications.</ref>