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By acknowledging the free existence of all beings an equanimious change takes place in the whole life of a man which sets a change in his whole life career. In such an individual deceit or obstinacy never awakens, and courtesy never recedes from his thinking, because he never persists "only I am all in all'. Equal respect to all turns him sharer in pain and pleasure of all while on the other side the influence of his virtues widens more and more and tinges the whole atmosphere with the hue of Equanimity. Distribution of all Essential Articles of Life According to Development and Suitability:
No life can be sustained without fulfilment of the essential needs of life but when wickedness (mischief) creeps in the ownership of these useful commodities, then the first step will be to abolish it. It is correct that 'bread'. is not everything, but that everything admittedly fulcrums on bread. Basic requirements are food, cloth and shelter. The essential requirements of all the living beings be fulfilled-this is the first thing but the second thing is also of importance that this fulfilment be not uneven.
This is why stress has been laid on the distribution of useful articles of life according to one's growth and according to his suitability.
The objective of distribution according to growth and suitability shall be that one should suitably be given as much as he requires according to his physical condition, occupation and other circumstances. This will serve the gist of our equal distribution.
Now, so long as the question of distribution arises there should be such social arrangement as can run such
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