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Lord Mahavira the Absolute to have erred" This is nothing but a concrete example of ignorance and a type of hollow propaganda, Terapanth believes as it has always believed that there will ever be in the world two types of activities for one to perform. One spiritual and the other social. Those activities which are pertaining to Self and which are void of Raga and Dwesha are for final emancipation while rest of the activities are social and which are required to be performed by an individual for one's own mundane existence. One has to live in society and if an individual under one pretext or the other fails to perform one's social obligations taking to have nothing of spirituality in them, will not only be failing in morally towards society but will not be well spoken off in it. As ascetics have nothing to do with worldly affairs, Terapanth ascetics only show, by their preaching the correct way to secure final emancipation from the pains and sorrows of the world. Terapanth never bars anyone from what he or she is doing, but in order to wipe away the seeds of ignorance from the masses, shows the Truth, what is spiritual and what is social And if the ascetic preachers of Terapanth try to muddle in the everyday social affairs of common people, or try to commit activities for their own name sake, as well those common people fall short in performing their social, and human obligations, I would not hesitate a moment to say with emphasis that from that day they would be ceased from being termed as the true followers of Lord Mahavira but will be considered worst than murderers
