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presence at religious discourses and study-sessions, taking notes during self-study and giving these to the more learned for correction, and joining in mass-prayers and devotional songs. 6. Individually, passing a specific time in worship, silent scriptural study, reciting and memorizing the songs of detachment, study of Reality, in a secluded and peaceful place are all necessary and beneficial to advanced aspirant.
GLORY OF COMPANY OF NOBLES Satsamagama reigns supreme among all the means of spiritual disciplines. Undoubtedly it has got the capacity to bestow not only the ordinary happiness, but even the highest spiritual state. No one has words enough to extol its full glory. Still we humbly follow the highly enlightened ones in describing briefly its immense glory in a few words: 1. Obedient association with noble people even for a short while will help to cross over the ocean of mundane existence. 2. It is the root of all happiness. The resulting benefit of Satsanga can certainly bestow the desired attainment. It is the best means to lead pious life. 3. We should have a strong conviction that Satsamagama as the means is par excellence for attaining liberation and all other means are subordinate to this. If one follows it with unflinching care and devotion, in no time, false attachments are destroyed and the soul becomes free from all blemishes or bondages. 4. Satsamagama quenches the thirst of the mind, and brings an end to pride. It takes away all sorrows, enhances spiritual wealth, and yields true fruits of dissipation of all sorrows.
LIVING EXAMPLES OF COMPANY OF NOBLES (1) Shri Lalluji was a Jain monk and a disciple of Shrimad
ndra. He spent four months of the rainy season in Poona at the residence of Shri Maneksi Vardhamana during 1924. At that time. many aspirants used to visit him. Among them was Shri Amarchand Nahata, a householder disciple of Shri Lalluji Swami. He was a landlord from Bengal who moved to Agas Ashram for spiritual guidance.
Shri Hiralal Jhaveri, a friend of Shri Nahata visited him. He was a jeweller in Paris.
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