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Stevensen for this English rendering. It has been taken from her book 'The Heart of Jainism".
1. He who gains his livelihood by honesty and admires as well as follows excellence of conduct and marries his sons and daughters to well-born and well-behaved family.
2. He is afraid of committing sins, he follows the customs of his country, never speaks evil of any one and especially not of his ruler.
3. He lives in neither too secluded nor too open a residence. It must be situated in a good locality and have good neighbours. The house must not have too many entrances.
4. He always associates with good men, worships his parents and abandons an unprotected place of evil reputation.
5. He regulates his expenditure according to his income, dresses according to his position and being endowed with eight kinds of intelligence hears religious discourses every day.
6. If he suffers from indigestion, he ought not to eat. He eats only at fixed times. He should gain his ends (Purusarthas) in such a way that the one does not interfere with the other.
7. He gives alms to those who come unexpectedly, to the Sadhu and to the poor, is free from obstinacy and has a partiality for good qualities.
8. Knowing his own strength and weakness, he avoids such actions as are not suited to the time and country (in which he lives). He worships persons who are rigid in keeping their vows and far advanced in knowledge and he feeds those who deserve feeding.
9. He is provident, has more than ordinary knowledge, is grateful for what is done for him, is loved by people, is modest, merciful, of a serene disposition and benevolent.
10.He is always intent on defeating the six interior enemies and controls
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