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( 146 ) with the eightfold mode of worship. There are two modes of Dharma or duty-- the duty of a householder and that of a recluse. First - take the duty of a house holder.
A householder ought always to worship God three times a day, ought not to injure visible animate objects, to speak false. hood, to commit serious theft, and to have sexual intercourse with another's wife, ought to limit a desire for possession, regulate his going abroad, avoid taking 22 kinds of non-eatables such as meat, strong drink etc and 32 kinds of anantknya, ought to avoid (so far as practicable) 15 forms of bad business and 4 kinds of undesirable injuries, ought to observe devotion for an hour putting on clean clothes, whenever he gets an opportunity to do so, and give up all kinds of vicious acts, remember the qualifications of panch parmeshti, acquire education, observe 14 vows every day, abstaining from indulging in 4 things viz. (1) taking food, (2) beautifying body, (3) sexual intercourse
