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the good. But it is not a forbidden fruit for laymen. Some rare instances are noted of even laymen attaining Moksha; but, for i he generality of thein it may be said that they reap as they 80w. They realise spiritnal bliss in proportion as they practise disattachment. In fact every thing depends upon the mental a ttitude of the individual. The busiest merchant may be internally but an indifferent onlooker doing his duty just as an apparently most affectionate nurse has her heart set upon something else while looking after the children of her mistress. The greater the dis-attachment of this sori, the nearer the truth he approaches.
The slim and substance is this, that while the material world engages our attention, we should not ignore its spiritual aspect and that bearing this in mind if we do our duty, we shall slowly but surely, be moving on the ou ward path, and in the end reach the desired
goal,
