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THE LIFE
ing' the mythological deities to take their departure from the temple of its heart, where they have lived enshrined so long.
The aim in Right Life' is the separation of Spirit (the soul-substance) from matter, by the destruction of all kinds of impulses, the good and the bad ones both from the heart. For matter only pours in through the impulses and will cease to flow in when no impulses are left to act as the suckers of dirt."'
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One must try to become desireless absolutely. But this can only be done by degrees. The Path of Progress has, therefore, been divided into two parts, the preliminary, that is less irksome, and the advanced, which is strictly austere. Those who are travelling on the first-named portion of the Path are the householders who are engaged in lessening their desires steadily. The other part is reserved for the saintly ascetics, who have passed out of the householders' stage successfully.
Both the paths are characterized by a number of disciplinary rules. Those applicable to the householder comprise twelve vows and the proper method of quitting life when death at last appears to have arrived.
The twelve vows are as follows:
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(1) Ahimsa which means 'hurt no one.' Shooting, fishing, hunting, and the use of flesh. are included in this, and, being the worst
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