 5th state: “The mind freed from karmic seeds” (batsu gōinju-shin): The state of the pratyeka-buddhas, who, masterless on their own, attain insight into the chain of dependent origination to recognize the impermanence, self-less-ness, and non-substantiality of all, thus preventing new karma to arise. But in enjoying a certain level of “enlightenment,” they fall back into the “egoism” of self-complacency, compassionless apathy towards fellow beings, and the narrow vision of other-worldliness. Hence they have not yet reached complete enlightenment. The Sautrāntika school belongs to this stage.