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whom we are chronically angry; and then the thought that we ought not after all to be so, would show that we were in the second process. The 3rd process is the actual control of the worst anger, pride, deceitfulness, and greed. The end of the apurvakarana is the beginning of the ani-vritti-karana.
When these three processes have been passed through, then the 'knot' is cut, so to speak, and the lowest kiud of sainyaktva is reached. The 'knot is the attack upon us of our inborn likes and dislikes, more especially as to convictions regarding conduct, (that it is wrong to kill, etc.) When these three processes have been passed through, then, the three darshana nuouaniya karas and the four worst degrees, juist inentioned, are controlled or inoperarive.
The worst degree of the four degrees wbich wera neationed of auger, pride, deceitfulness, and greed, is called the 'anantanubandhi' degree, 'An' means no, 'ant' means end, 'anubandhi' means bound as cause and effect. The whole word means 'life long effect. Apantanubandhi anger is that anger which lasts the whole life time.
When the samyaktva is reached or appears, mithyatva or delusion is controlled.
Mith yatva (or delusion, or false belief, or falsa conviction regarding conduct, e. g, that it would be
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