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CANDRAVEDHYAKA PRAKĪRŅAKA : 13
24.
Calm like the ocean, trusted and capable of hearing confessionals, knowers of the reason and cause, serious in ones' duties, and unconquerable by the passions, such masters are praised by one and all.
25.
Masters having the right vision regarding the time, place and principles; peaceable, unillusioned, of favourable behaviour, (and) without deceit, are praised by all.
26.
The masters who know the worldly (Laukika), Vedic and Jaina canonical texts such as sāmāyika etc. and who know their own as well as the others' tenets are praised by one and all.
27.
The masters who know the twelve primary canons starting with sāmāyika (Acārānga) and up to the Dşștivada including thePūrvas, and who know their real as well as popular meanings, are praised by one and all.
28.
In many births, for learning various tasks, arts and crafts as well as religious pursuits, the soul adopts many masters, skilled in such arts and crafts and pursuits.
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