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not that worldly life and ascetic life are two different ones. Ordinarily the impressions created in life serve as the background for running the worldly life as also to constitute a monastic life. If the impressions have been forged on the foundation of abnegation. they will try to convert the world also into Paradise: Futher if they turn in the direction of asceticism, they will not stop without spreading the crystalline light of spiritualism.
This abnegation is the root of real ennoblement of life. The more the greed, the more is agitatedness. If a man continues efforts to acquire, it is not certain that whatever he wishes to acquire he will achieve, but in this greed of acquisition to what extent he totally ruins his attributes, there is no limit. Delete the upper vowel of (Lobha) greed and then there shall remain gain and gain (Lobha). If greed is shorn off, benefit will accrue. If by leaving the habit of collection, one cultures the habit of giving, then the sweet effluence of sympathy, friendship co-operation and love oozing out with that liberality shall lead to the path of preeminence of his and others' lives. This obnegation in this way transforms the whole career of life.
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In the Indian civilization abnegation has always and everywhere received high honour. One who has relinquished his meum, people have lifted him on their heads. Renunciation not only brings a new elevating change in the life of the renouncer but also infuses the spell of awakening all round in the environment.
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