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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
"My wife, my child, my mother, my sons, my family, my relatives, my property etc." Really speaking nothing belongs to him. If these things really belong to him then these things would not leave him, would follow him even after death but everything remain, lying here only and the soul travels to the other world alone and solitary.
TWO FORMS OF RIGHTEOUS CONDUCT
Righteous conduct has two forms: (1) With partial non-attachment (2) With complete non-attachment. Former is observed by the lay disciple while the latter is observed by the monks. We shall discuss and describe both these types of conduct.
WHAT SORT OF PEOPLE OBSERVE PARTIAL NON-ATTACHMENT?
There are three kinds of people in the world.
I. Uncultured. 2. Cultured. 3. Devoted to religion. They are uncultured who have no mission in life, who live life of free will and caprice and deal with any person in any manner they like. They belong to the lowest calibre. They indeed shall lose the most precious human existence which they acquired. Great men have preached the path for such uncultured persons to make them cultured. Those who follow this path are called 'Marganusari' (followers of scheduled path). There are thirtyfive rules of conduct laid down for them.
I. Earn wealth in a justified manner.
2. Marriage should be contracted with a person of common character but with different 'Gotra' (family surname). 3. Praise good conduct.
4. Destroy inner enemies like passion, anger, greed, pride, intoxication and overjoy.
5. Control senses.
6. Abandon places of disturbance-Riots, epidemics, famine, over-rainfalls.
7. Should live in a house with good neighbours, with not too much exposed and not too many private doors. Good neighbours form good impressions and bad neighbours reflect bad impression on life. 'Too much exposed' means on royal road. Such houses are more exposed to theft etc. 'Too
