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of a helping hand. I want through your favour Oh! Compassion! to be away from vanity and to help them physically, mentally, verbally or monetarily as occasion requires. (8).
THE ATTITUDE OF INDIFFERENCE
Meaning: The Attitude of Indifference has an extraordinary taste in it. Of a person has no support from the Attitude of Indifference, he would not get peace any where in this world because there are in this world such things or objects as often disturb the mind subjecting to entertainment of either love or hatred. These illusory or deceptive objects give persons a momentary pleasure or a momentary pain, as they come and go, when they come to us, they give us happiness and when we are deprieved of them, we become sorry. The mind oscillates hereby between happiness and misery, loses balance and becomes restless. Therefore, Oh! Attitude of Indifference! come to me so that I can remain in perfect peace, equipoise, tranquility. (1)
WHY SHOULD ONE ENTERTAIN LOVE OR HATRED?
It is perhaps in the fitness of things to cherish love for a thing if there is any such thing in the world as is permanent. But as a matter of fact it is not so. Those objects which are worth seeing or enjoying are all transitory. Once we will
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