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Classification of Living Beings.
All the living beings in the Universe, can be classified into two main divisions. One division contains Muktā:mās ( AT) or those perfect Liberated souls who having completely destroyed the the bondage of all the eight Karmas with which they were bound during their worldly existences, become possessed of eight sublime qualities of the Pure Soul and and who being possessed of a perfect knowledge of the Universe and Beyond (Lokat A-loka suta! are Eternal-are also known as Siddhātmās FACTAT or Siddha Paramātmās fa&TTATHI.
The other division consists of Samsāri Jivas ferdita Mundane or Worldly Beings.
The Samsāri Jivātmas sencialënt or Mundana Living Beings are of two kinds viz (1). Sthāvara fyrat Immobile Souls-e-g-Hills, mountains, trees etc. and (2) Trasa te Mobile Souls e-g, all living beings, according to the bodies they inhabit.
Sthāvara bodies cannot under any circumstance, move from one place to another, while Trasa living beings are able to move for or against the influence of happy or unhappy circumstances.
Sthāvara fgrat Jivas are devoid of locomotion and they have only one organ of sense viz sparśana feria Sense of Touch or Tactile perception,
The sublime qualities of the Pure Soul are (1) Kévala Jnāna mena Perfect Knowledge. (2) Kevala Darsana baraka Perfect Conation (3) Ananta Virya eprincettei Infinite Power (4) Samyaktva Perfect Right Belief (5) Avyābadhātā Undisturbabiiity (6) Sūksnatva mara Extreme fineness beyond sense-perception (7) Avagahanatva stanication Interpenetrability or infinite capacity of giving place; and (8) A-guru-laghutva aggra The quality of becoming neither light or small.
