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THE WAY OF LIFE
age. Understand your ideals well; and make endeavours firmly to act according to them. You can prevail upon others to practise such lofty ideals only if you realize and practise them. Only then can you instil such ideals into the minds of your children. Only then can you persuade your husbands, your friends and relatives if a necessity arises.
Such high expectations are entertained about women who understand and follow the supreme commands of the Jain. If the sky itself is torn, it cannot be stitched. It has to become all right naturally. That can happen only by a miracle; not otherwise.
Discard improper and indecent dress and wear only proper and decent dress. This is the tenth ordinary principle of the grihastadharma. My auspicious aspiration is that you should be able to practise this principle properly.
This is enough for to-day.
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