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rious distribution amongst the society. An accomplisher should go ahead towards creating such circumstances.
Tenth Maxim - Simplicity and Sincerity:
Keep faith in simplicity, sincerity and modesty. Keep activated in creating new social values.
Revolution is neither willfulness, nor obduracy, nor blood shedding, but creation of new social values is called Revolution, which should ever keep functioning so that no decline may creep in those values. But when an accomplisher takes up the gauntlet to bring Revolution then the proportion of simplicity, sincerity and modesty also enhances in him. As much accomplishment, that much sincerity. More attainments, more simplicity and more an excellent development, more the modesty. This should be article of faith of an accomplisher of Equanimity.
Sacred Reading and Contemplation : While proceeding in the direction of characterbuilding, attach importance to religious and moral training and maintain a regular habit for sacred reading and contemplation for a fixed time.
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A man remains engaged at every time in some or the other work, but he has no leisure to judge whether such trend is proper or improper-whether it is for fulfilment of his own lust or for the comprehensive public good. This can be examined and tested only when he together with the formation of salubrious and moral disposition fixes a regular time-table for sacred reading. In the light of this reading, a touch-stone will be prepared for testing his daily routine work and subsequent to this when a regular habit
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