Those who still have Those whose intoxicating
the intoxicating elements have
elements. disappeared.
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Those in whom the Those in whom it is
intoxicating elements under control, or at
are actually seen the bottom, like mud
manifesting. in a clear brook.
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Those who realize only Those who realize
rough sub-divisions of delicate sub-division
their intoxicating ele- such as more and
ments, anger, pride, less intense degrees
greed, etc. of anger, etc.
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Those who are without Those who have a
any system of working method by which they
out their intoxicating systematically work
elements. out their intoxicating elements.
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Those who have not yet Those who have
obtained any control obtained a partial
over their minds and control.
senses.
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Those who have not yet Those who are in the
reached the right right attitude of
attitude of mind mind.
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Those who have not yet Those who have cut
cut the knot of worldly it.
attachment
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Those who have not Those who have got
potentiality to reach such potentiality
liberation. to reach liberation.
This table is read upward thus : There are those living beings who have
got potentiality to reach liberation, and those who will not. Of those who
have got such potentiality there are those who have cut the knot of
worldly desires, and those who have not..... There are those living beings
who have reached liberation, and those who have not; but they are all
living beings.
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 beings, but is
of the class that has got potentiality to reach liberation.
