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control and self-sacrifice. They will have to be immaculate in their livelihood and behaviour. What should Parents & Guardians Do? 1. Parents and guardians should have an immaculate, cultured and ethical conduct so that they produce a good influence on the youngsters.
2. Parents and guardians should watch the kind of company their children keep. Peer pressure has tremendous effect on youngsters.
3. We should select the schools carefully. We should respect the teachers and teach our youngsters to do the same.
4. We should select the boarding schools and dormitories carefully for our youngsters.
5. As far as possible, the children should not be left in the custody of servants and baby-sitters. We should spend as much time with our children as possible.
6. We should provide good literature for reading and should try to keep our children away from 'dirty' books, films and records,
7. We would educate our children about our values with the medium of moral stories and the life stories of great men.
8. We should take our children to meet with noble, educated and cultured personalities.
SĀMĀYIKA AND DHYANA
Sāmāyika (equanimity) is the principal concept of Jainism. It is the first and foremost among six essential duties of a monk as well as of a house-holder. Prakrta term Sāmāyika is translated into English in various ways such as observance of equanimity, viewing all the living beings as one's own self, conception of equality, harmonious state of one's behaviour, integration of personality as well as
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