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26. He should avoid too much intimacy. not be too intimate with anybody.
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27. Render service to those who have taken spiritual vows and who are experienced in the matter of wisdom and knowledge. Do some kind of service to them, and in that way you appreciate the wisdoin and the vows, and in time the idea is to become like them. (This idea is not appreciated in the Western world: the philosophies of the West do not teach this idea ). The idea here is that a man is a social being and must live in company of some sort, therefore be should establish certain relationships with the right kin1 of people in order by that means to become virtuous.
28. Is with regard to the several objects of life. There are four classes of life-objects, namely (a) dharma, that is to say the practice of these rules-doing good; (b) artha, which means the acquisition of the means of enjoyment, i. e, of wealth, property, etc.; (e) kama, which here has the broad meaning of 'desire'; desire for dress, for fame, for a nice house, for writing books-all desires; (d) .moksba, or liberation. Seeing that the nature of karına is to obscure some quality of the soul, some idea of the nature of the soul in the state of liberation may be gained by remembering what particular quality of the soul comes out upon the removal of the eight classes of karma. This rule No. 28 is that
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