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The resolve, tolerance, intellect, detachment, capacity to tolerate pain, biological structure and wisdom of all aspirants is not same. Therefore, a weak aspirant, deficient in any way, should not get disheartened and completely abandon the path of discipline. Because if he remains on that path he may gain strength by enhancing inner purity. It is probable that with this view, this chapter 'could have contained mantra, tantra, yantra and other such esoteric procedures and methods to help an aspirant continue his pursuit. This is evident from the quoted verse that Arya Vajra Swami mentioned about many special skills from the chapter-Mahaparijna, Prabhavak Charitra Vajra Prabandh also informs that Vajra Swami had quoted about power of levitation from this chapter of Acharanga. With increasing misuse of such procedures, restrictions could have been imposed on this chapter and at some later period it could have been completely deleted from Acharanga Sutra,
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