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noble contemplations and activities such as rendering service to the Shasan and disseminating it. Thus, you must try to purify your Samyaktva and you must deem even the greatest worldly magnificence, despicable compared
to it. (9) You must think with incisive intelligence about life which
goes on in the path of imitation and you must not be ... attracted by it. .. (10). You must consider the Jinagam (scriptures) as a path
that leads to spiritual felicity. You must have a strong faith in it; you must follow it sincerely and you must use
it as your guide for all your activities. (11) You must realise that benevolence of the kind that
Sumathi Tirthankar rendered leads us to moksha; and so you must : show benevolence in the best way you can. You have got the golden opportunity of carrying out exalted spiritual austerities that bring you spiritual felicity and the bliss of solitude which are more precious than the unattainable precious stone Chintamani. You must utilise this opportunity properly. Even if some ignorant people scoff 'at you, you should not care for it.
Those who come to scoff at you remain to pray with you. (12) You must realise that relatives, food, house etc. are useful
for the maintenance of the body and you must adopt the
attitude of madhyastya (neutrality) towards such things. (13) The Shravak who deems Upashama (self-control) the
greatest felicity, who realises the value of scriptural discourses and who always enjoys activities and thoughts relating to upashama is not agitated by attachments and hatred. He must remain neutral and helpful to others. Being free from all prejudices, he must cling to the truth
only. (14) You must realise that all materialistic things are transi
tory. So, though you have connections with relatives etc. you must deem them transient and have only outward not inward attachment for them.
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