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or righteously, justly or unjustly, deceitfully or undeceitfully piously, or untrustfully, nobly or wickedly, gently or ungent. ly, humanely or inhumanely, and foolishly or wisely. You do not care for your manhocd; and regard your critics as your very enemies.
Not only this you even treat them as such, and try to ruin them with all your might. When such is your treatment with your honest critics, what cruelties can you not perpetrate with one who inflicts pain (upasarga) on your body. You never think of the result of such deeds. All your religious acts are done with some Nidana (remunerative hankering) in viow. Suffice it to say that you are ruined in every way. You do many showy things in the name of mercy and do not take pity on your own self. Earth's thirst is being quenched by human blood, and its fields are being fertilised by the powdered bones of human beings. Nations rise on the ruins of other nations. This is what we see in the world today.
But the case with Lord Mahavira was quite different. Instead of fearing Upasargas, he himself went in search of them to the land of the heathens He regarded his critics and givers of Upasargas as his well-wishers and cordial friends. Although this is a virtue to be found among the enlightened and High Souls like the Lord, still every man is entitled to attain it by making constant and steady efforts. He can reach the same position that the Lord reached, for the Lord himself was an ordinary man before reaching that elevated position. It is the principal teaching of Jainism that whosoever exhausts his Karmas rises to an elevated position and becomes a Lord one day. Just as a king seeks the help of his soldiers and the commander-in-chief for conquering his enemy, in
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