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of right preceptor or through right scriptural knowledge; which usually lead to the attainment of Right conviction, Right
knowledge and Right conduct. Que. 5 : Which human beings cannot acquire their
beatitude ? Ans. : Those human beings who engage
themselves in laziness, sleep, slandering or libelling others, violence and such other sinful activities and who cherish neither in the company of the nobles nor in good
thoughts cannot acquire their beatitude. Que. 6 : What would be the fate of such human
beings who do not strive for their
beatitude ? Ans. : Those human beings, not striving for their
beatitude, get awefully involved in various types of hardships and worries. They also become weary and restless on accounts of their passions and greed, to be eventually overpowered by the demon of death, who drags them to an ocean of miseries in the
next life. Que. 7: How can one be convinced regarding the
rarity of human life. Ans. : The noble souls are easily convinced of this
thought through the medium of scriptural knowledge and sermons of the enlightened saints. Furthermore, the number of human beings is extremely small as compared to the number of souls on low scale of evolution like the vegetation, the earthwarms, the ants
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