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If you wish to cross the terrible oceans of mundane existence, then O virtuous one! Quickly catch the boat of austerity and self-control.
One should practice with respect that all which produces detachment, one, who is detached, is verily emancipated; one who is attached wanders is mundane existence endlessly.
Asserting that body is different from soul; shake off attachment to body, which is the cause of suffering and root of misery.
Supreme forgiveness, humbleness, simplicity, truth, purity, self-control, austerity renunciation, non-possessiveness, and celibacy are the ten ethico-spiritual qualities.
One has taken birth several times in high as well as low families; none is high and low. After knowing this, who shall be proud of his (high) caste?
One, who neither thinks crookedly, nor acts crookedly, nor speaks crookedly and nor does hide his faults, his conduct is simple and straight forward.
A saintly person, avoiding speech which may hurt others speaks what is beneficial to the self and others, observes truthfulness.
More the gain, more the greed; gain increases greed (for a greedy person) what could be achieved by two grams cannot be achieved by crores of grams.
Restraining the senses and passions, one who absorbs himself in meditation and self-study, he verily performs penance.
(A realized soul says) We possess nothing and live in bliss. Nothing is agreeable or disagreeable to us.
One who is free from delusion is free from misery, one who is free from desire is free delusion, one who is free from greed is free from desire and one who owns nothing is free from greed.
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