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## Third Study: Respect
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**Aspirations:**
24. If a student, while listening to a Ratnik Sadhu, expresses approval with words like "Yes, yes," it is the twenty-fourth aspiration of a student.
25. If a student, while listening to a Ratnik Sadhu's Dharmakatha, says "You don't remember," it is the twenty-fifth aspiration of a student.
26. If a student, while listening to a Ratnik Sadhu's Dharmakatha, says "Stop it," it is the twenty-sixth aspiration of a student.
27. If a student, while listening to a Ratnik Sadhu's Dharmakatha, creates division in the assembly, it is the twenty-seventh aspiration of a student.
28. If a student, while listening to a Ratnik Sadhu's Dharmakatha, does not stand up when the assembly does, and the Ratnik Sadhu repeats the same story a second or third time, it is the twenty-eighth aspiration of a student.
29. If a student kicks the bed or bedding of a Ratnik Sadhu, it is the twenty-ninth aspiration of a student.
30. If a student stands, sits, or sleeps on the bed or seat of a Ratnik Sadhu, it is the thirtieth aspiration of a student.
31, 32. If a student sits on a seat higher than or equal to that of a Ratnik Sadhu, it is the thirty-first and thirty-second aspiration of a student.
33. If a student, while sitting on their seat, answers a Ratnik Sadhu's question, it is the thirty-third aspiration of a student.
**Discussion:**
It is the duty of a newly initiated Sadhu to always be mindful of the respect and humility due to their Acharya, Upadhyaya, and senior Sadhus in their Dikshaparaya, whether they are walking, standing, sitting, being asked a question, or during Gochari. If they fail in this duty, they commit aspirations and break their means of liberation. These thirty-three aspirations are mentioned to keep this in mind. The original text mentions four aspirations and indicates the rest with the word "etc." Their nature is explained according to the Dasha-Shrutaskandha.
## Third Essential Completed.