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## Pancastikaya Prabhruta 289
**The text establishes that the five types of beings, starting with the Earth-bodied, are all one-sensed.** These five types of beings, starting with the Earth-bodied, are directly perceived as living beings. How are they? They are devoid of mental modifications, not only devoid of mental modifications but also one-sensed. In what context are they said to be one-sensed? They are one-sensed due to the destruction and cessation of the obstacles to vigor and the covering of the sense of touch, and due to the arising of the covering of the other senses, or due to the non-arising of the covering of the other senses.
**Although this sutra, with its definitive statement, does not indicate the existence of the five categories of beings, starting with the Earth-bodied, as separate from pure existence, yet according to the practical point of view, due to the arising of the karma called "one-sensed category," which is associated with impure mental defilements like attachment, etc., and devoid of pure mental self-awareness, these beings become one-sensed, even though they are devoid of mind.**
**This is an illustration and explanation of the consciousness of the one-sensed beings.**
**Just as eggs, embryos, and humans in a state of unconsciousness are one-sensed, so too are these beings.**
**Even though we see intelligent activity in eggs, embryos, and unconscious humans, we still know that they are living beings. Similarly, because the one-sensed beings also exhibit intelligent activity, we know that they are living beings.**