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## Fourth Stage of Liberation: Five Types of Liberated Souls
**123. The fourth stage of liberation is characterized by five types of liberated souls.**
**1. Abundance of One-Sensed Liberated Souls:** These are countless, exceeding the number of finger-breadth segments. They are infinitely more numerous than the other types of liberated souls because the number of liberated souls in the plant kingdom is infinite.
**2. Relative Scarcity of Multi-Sensed Liberated Souls:** The least numerous are the four-sensed liberated souls. This is because four-sensed beings have short lifespans and do not exist for long periods. Therefore, they are few in number at the time of liberation. Even though they are few, they are still as numerous as the finger-breadth segments. The two-sensed liberated souls are more numerous than the four-sensed, exceeding the number of finger-breadth segments. The three-sensed liberated souls are even more numerous, exceeding the number of finger-breadth segments by nature. The one-sensed liberated souls are infinitely more numerous than the three-sensed because the number of liberated souls in the plant kingdom is infinite.
**3. Relative Scarcity of Liberated Souls within the Non-Liberated:** The least numerous are the one-sensed non-liberated souls. The liberated souls are countless times more numerous than the non-liberated. Among the one-sensed beings, the subtle beings are numerous because they are omnipresent. Among the subtle beings, the non-liberated are few, and the liberated are countless times more numerous. In the two-sensed beings, the two-sensed liberated souls are the least numerous, as they are equal to the number of finger-breadth segments. The non-liberated are countless times more numerous, as they are equal to the number of finger-breadth segments. Similarly, the relative scarcity of liberated and non-liberated souls should be understood in the three-sensed, four-sensed, and five-sensed beings.
**4. Combined Relative Scarcity of Liberated and Non-Liberated Souls:** This should be understood based on the third and second relative scarcity mentioned earlier. The original text clearly explains this in detail.
**5. Conclusion:** This completes the fourth stage of liberation, which describes the five types of liberated souls.