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[ Floogenjoyments, attractions and objects. He tries to observe vows externally though not strictly. The seeds of renunciation are just sown in him. He tries to further the advance of learning in various ways. In this stage he is blessed with the association of the good. He salutes and prostrates before them reverently. Through their help and good wish, he aspires to final success. With these germs his advance towards the high ideal begins in the first stage.
Tārā Stage. In this stage, self-restraint is practised in the following forms :- Purity, contentment, austerity, study and contemplation of self (including reverent prostrations and salutations to deities and spiritual teachers ). The latest thoughts of inquiry into and knowledge of the principles now begin to manifest in him. Ardour for religious practices and good deeds develops further in this stage. He also makes a further progress in observing vows, &c., though externally. He feels repugnance in political matters and mundane things. He begins to take delight in statements, instructions relating to the elimination of delusion, conquest of attraction and repulsion quietude and renunciation. He begins to appreciate rightly the amount of spiritual good done to him by good asssociations. Thus he reduces the Karmic forces which impede his right actions though desired. While trying to attain the qualifications required for self-restraint, he feels disgust for his body and for worldly affairs.
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