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for the beginner and not for the strong in spiritual quality.)
25. With reference to the attitude that he ought to have towards people that are ignorant, in a low state of development. The action should be such that they would feel that there is a higher life than their own. Let them feel the influence of the purer life of honesty, for instance.
26. He shovld avoid too much intimacy. Do not be too intimate with anybody.
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 wisdom 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 he should establish certain relationships with the right kind 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.; (c) kāma, which here has the broad meaning of 'desire'; desire for dress, for fame, for
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