________________ have never been attracted to any object or inclined to possess any object. There was a couple walking on the road. They had renounced all the pleasures of the world. The husband saw a gold coin lying on the street. He covered it with dust. His wife was behind him. She saw him but said nothing. On reaching home the husband tells her, "I saved you today." The wife inquired, "How"? He answers "I had seen a gold coin lying on the road. I thought the sight of the shining gold coin might attract you, and you might want to possess it, so I covered it with dust." The wife then answers him, "Dear husband! You have covered dust with dust! You still differentiate between gold and dust, but for me both gold and dust are of the same value." The first is the purification of behavior and the second is the purification of the inclination. Till one has achieved this, all his religious activities, samayik, pratikraman etc will be just a matter of routine. While performing all these religious activities, a desire for self introspection should develop within a person. Aalochana, Ninda and Garha! We opened our heart before our Guru and did Aalochana! Confessing one's mistakes is Aalochana. We acknowledged our sins and indulged in self repentance! Introspection and then repentance is Ninda. -- 1162 -