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[The Lord's Philosophy
rules which are followed in to by the Sadhus. The Sadhus fling away all worldly actions and things like a piece of straw. Their only goal is the development of the Soul. But they still do such actions as are not derogatory to their highest ideal and are condutive to the good of the world. They are always engaged in such actions as lead to the good of all, like bringing those that have been led astray back to the right path by their valuable advice, and spreading the good teachings of the great men that were born in the past after first completely following and understanding them. Thus the Sadhus are trying to bring about the good of others along with striving after their own good. The real good of the world is achieved by such men alone. But even after doing so much for the sake of the world the Jain Sadhus do not want any thing in return. They never become a burden to society by putting a man in inconvenience for their sake so much so that they are forbidden to take food prepared by others for them. They satisfy the wants of their body by gladly accepting, through begging, whatever is obtained of the remains of dry and coarse food. Though they have not the last love for the body they take food that their life of renunciation for development of the soul might go on unhindered. They do not take food from one house only with the desire not to inconvenience the householder in any way. This is the first thing taught in laying down the rules of conduct:
जहा दुमस्स पुप्फेसु, भमरो श्रावियइ रसं ।
नय पुष्कं किलामेइ, सोवि पिणे अपण ॥
That is:-The bee sucks a little of juice from each flower in such a way that neither the flower is harmed nor does
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