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## Chapter 106: The Seven-Natured State
There are four types of arising states: three-natured, four-natured, five-natured, and seven-natured. These arise in the sixth, seventh, and eighth stages of the soul.
The four-natured arising state is characterized by the following: one of the four passions (anger, pride, deceit, and greed), one of the three Vedas (knowledge, conduct, and faith), one of the two pairs (knowledge and conduct, faith and conduct), and one of the four natures (fear, aversion, delusion, and right faith). This four-natured state arises in the sixth and subsequent stages of the soul for both temporary and permanent omniscients. Since there is no choice involved, there is one twenty-fourfold classification.
By adding one of the three natures (fear, aversion, or delusion) to the four-natured state, we get the five-natured arising state. There are three choices here, and since each choice has twenty-fourfold classifications, there are a total of three twenty-fourfold classifications.
By combining two of the four natures (fear and aversion, fear and delusion, or aversion and delusion) in the four-natured state, we get the six-natured arising state. There are three choices here, and since each choice has twenty-fourfold classifications, there are a total of three twenty-fourfold classifications.
By combining all three natures (fear, aversion, and delusion) in the four-natured state, we get the seven-natured arising state. This state is unique, so there is only one twenty-fourfold classification.
Therefore, in the nine-natured state of bondage, there are a total of eight twenty-fourfold classifications: one for the four-natured state, three for the five-natured state, three for the six-natured state, and one for the seven-natured state.