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RULE 35 He should be critical towards opinions, beliefs, philosophies, religions, etc.; he should reconcile all the ques. tions and solve all the doubts that arise out of this critical attitude.
We have now seen that in all the 14 stages of development above, the 3rd, the right attitude of mind and a relish of the truth are present. The signs of this attitude and the means of attaining it have been given. The next subject is, therefore, the fourth stage of development.
FOURTH STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT In this stage, there is no dislike of the truth, or any vacillating or doubt about the truth when it is presented. The person also does not get angry in the most intense degree to feel that he could never forgive or be amiable to the object of his anger. There is the right attitude of mind; but there is lack of control over the less intense degrees of anger and over the other passions under class 4 of energies; also lack of control of the sense pleasures.
Persons in this stage know the value of self-control: some make the effort, but through weakness fail to practise it; and some do not make the effort. But they all appreciate the value of self-control.
With regard to which of the foreign energies are or may be generated in this stage and the causes which are or may be operative, the first cause or impelling force (see pages 36-37) does not operate, and so the most undesirable kinds of these foreign energies are not Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
