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AN EPITOME OF JAINISM. (5) By providing the tired and the
tottering with seats and beddings to take rest and compose
themselves. This is Sayan-punya. (6) By revering the venerable worthies
which is due to them. This is
Mån-punya. (7) By duly appreciating and admiring in
words the merit of the really
meritorious. This Vachan-punya. (8) By personally attending to the needs
and necessities of anyone who is in real need of it.-This is Sarira
punya. (9) By respectfully bowing the notables and
the elders who deserve it. This
is Namaskar punya. . These are the nine principal ways for any one to cultivate Punya-virtue. It will perhaps be remarked that these are but forms of social laws which a man as a social being ought to obey. Like the law of compromise in the severe struggle for existence, as summed up in the formula, "Live and let live," these might be taken as a few positive principles of social service formulated to guide
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