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STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
nigoda comes out this does not mean on such occa sions.
and beings development. But that a nigoda comes out only
There are, according to the Jain philosophy, three kinds of living beings, namely (1) those whose nature it is to remain in the embodied state. They may be men, animals, or other living beings; they are content to remain embodied and never wish for nor reach the liberated state. (2) There are living beings whose nature it is to reach liberation, (3) and there are living beings whose nature it is to reaci liberation, but they do not do so, because they do not get the right or necessary circumstances. It is understood that these and the first kind are very few in number, and it is no misery to them to revja in in the embodied state.
Very few in nnmber, and it is no misery to them to reinain in the embodied state.
beings.
The following is another division of living It is a division by dichotomy.
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