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those living beings who have reached liberation, and those who have not; but they are all living beings.
JAINISM
With regard to those living beings whose nature it is not to reach liberation ever, the idea is that there are very few of them; that they find it no misery to remain in the embodied state; and that if there is any feeling of regret at the idea of never reaching liberation, then the being who feels such regret is not of this class of living being, but is of the class that has got potentiality to reach liberation.
MEANS WHEREBY THE RIGHT ATTITUDE MAY BE
OBTAINED
1. Three Processes (Karana),* and 2. Thirty Rules of Conduct.
The man who wishes to attain to the right attitude of mind towards life, truth, and the universe, must pass through three processes. When the work to be done in these three processes has been accomplished, then the "knot" spoken of in the scale of living beings just given is cut. There is then the control of the first three subdivisions of class, four of energies (page 29) and control of the lifelong intensity of anger, pride, deceitfulness, and greed; and then the lowest degree of the right attitude is attained and the signs mentioned above will manifest themselves.
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* Cf. Lokaprakasa, v. 599 ff., p. 198 ff.
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