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## Fifth Special Point (Synonyms) [361]
This section (Sutras 473-480) presents the infinite synonyms of the lowest, highest, and middle two-sensed, three-sensed, and four-sensed beings in eight sutras, considering various aspects.
**Why is the middle-understanding two-sensed being a four-fold difference?**
A middle-understanding two-sensed being is not equal to another middle-understanding two-sensed being in terms of understanding, but rather a four-fold difference. This is because middle understanding is not uniform; one middle understanding can be less than another by a countable or uncountable number, or greater by a countable or uncountable number, and so on in all four ways.
Middle understanding begins only after the first moment of the insufficient state. Therefore, it also exists in the insufficient state. This is why the right understanding of taste is also possible during middle understanding. This is why two knowledges can also coexist here.
**Two ignorances in two-sensed beings without right understanding of taste.**
Two ignorances are found in two-sensed beings in the lowest state, not two knowledges. This is because a two-sensed being in the lowest state is insufficient in attainment. Insufficient beings do not develop the right understanding of taste. This is because insufficient beings are extremely entangled, and the right understanding of taste is a slightly auspicious result. Therefore, the right understanding of taste does not arise in the two-sensed form in the lowest state.
**Two knowledges in two-sensed beings in the highest state.**
Beings with the right understanding of taste can also arise in two-sensed beings in the highest state. Therefore, what is said about the synonyms of two-sensed beings in the lowest state should also be understood for those in the highest state, but the synonyms of two knowledges should also be presented.
**Statement about two-sensed beings in the middle state.**
The statement about the quantity of synonyms related to these should be understood as the same as for two-sensed beings in the highest state, but it should be said that they are a three-fold difference in terms of their state. This is because the state of all those in the middle state is not equal.
**A black two-sensed being with a lower quality is a three-fold difference in terms of state.**
One black two-sensed being with a lower quality is a three-fold difference in terms of state from another black two-sensed being with a lower quality. This is because the state of a two-sensed being is in terms of countable years, so it cannot be a four-fold difference.
**Synonym presentation of a middle-understanding two-sensed being.**
Its presentation and all other presentations are the same as for a lowest-understanding two-sensed being, but the only difference is that it is a six-fold difference in its own state, being both less and more. Just as there is only one synonym each for the highest and lowest understanding two-sensed beings, there is not one for the middle-understanding two-sensed being, because it has infinite forms of being both less and more.