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plagues, famines, etc., occasionally take place. Too much intimacy with any person should be avoided, and his attitude towards people less spiritually advanced than himself should be one of sympathy and towards those who have reached a higher stage than himself, one of reverence and constant service. As regards the four objects of life, viz., doing good, acquisition of wealth, desires and liberation, he must see that no lower object is secured at the expense of a higher one and his constant attempt should be to rise higher and higher. Nothing should be undertaken which is beyond his strength. No day should pass away which he has not utilised in reading scriptural texts and rules of life. His nature must not be obstinate in all things and he should be partial for virtues. Lastly, no opinions, beliefs, philosophy or religions should take hold of his mind without a thorough and critical examination of their truth.
The twelve kinds of austerity are described in notes on Tapa in the second chapter and twelve pious reflections are explained further on in the fifth chapter.
Six Activities (Avashyakas ):-The common dharma includes, along with the observation of the disciplinary rules, six daily activities which a householder must practise with a view to spiritual progress.
1. Worship of the Arhatas in their names, their images, their previous states (Dravya ) and in their present life (Bhava ).
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