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HUMILITY
human beings can be conciliated and made our good friends. 5. Real greatness dawns only when boasting ends. 6. Humility is the root of loftiness; it is the source of all prosperity; it spreads our glory far and wide and is like the moon that brings the tide in the ocean of religion (Dharma). 7. It is our duty to be humble towards the highly virtuous, it is our politeness to be humble to equals and our nobility to be humble to inferiors. Humility towards one and all indicates a state of equanimity. 8. Just as trees rich in fruits hang low, monsoon clouds full of water come down towards earth as rains, similarly, noble persons develop a natural tendency for benevolence on attaining to prosperity. 9. Whatever great work one may have accomplished, let one not become proud of it. If one becomes proud, all that one has done becomes undone. Pride makes all our fame and great work useless. 10. Like fragrance mixing with gold, if humility mixes with knowledge, one attains to real greatness. 11. Let us neither look upon any one as low nor hate him. Let us give up the habit of comparing ourselves with others and possessing superiority complex. LIVING EXAMPLES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMILITY (1) Some eighty years ago, a Jain monk named Shree Atmaramaji Maharaj had come to offer his salutations to the holy place at Palitana in the state of Gujarat, India. He learnt that his elder brother, also a Jain monk named Shree Vruddhichandraji, was ill in near by town called Bhavnagar. After offering his salutations to the holy place, Atmaramaji Maharaj proceeded to travel on foot to Bhavnagar together with his pupils. He was accorded a huge welcome.
Vruddhichandraji learnt of the arrival of Atmaramaji to inquire about his health. He went on his own to meet him, and the two Guru-brethrans met in all warmth.
Then the following dialogue took place between the two monks :
Vruddichandraji said to his younger brother Atmaramaji,"
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