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THE BIRTH OF EQUANIMITY
The more extensive the leshya, the greater
the equanimity; From equanimity flows internal joy! In pleasure and pain, profit and loss,
honour-dishonour, Praise-dispraise, in life and death alike, Equanimity is the Law of Life, of great utility; Action thereof alone provides life-sustenance! All souls are equal, all have the same nature, Division into 'touchable' and 'untouchable'
is the mind's creation. In the feeling of oneness, money and .power
their importance lose. Colour, sex, or caste, different ways of
thinking, Convenience and self-interest, national
and regional barriers create, But mankind is one, let no man mistake!
According to the system of Jain sadhana, the fundamental objective is the development of
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