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8. Just as gold fallen in the sludge remains untainted, so also
a self-realised person while doing his worldly duties is not tainted by the karmas. On the other hand, just as iron gets rusty when it falls in the sludge so also an ignorant person who is full of attachment while performing his duties, is bound by karmas.
- Sa. Sā. 218-219
Fifty Straight-forwardness
1. He who does not think crookedly, does not act crookedly
does not speak crookedly and does not hide his own weaknesses, observes the virtue of straight-forwardness.
- Dvā. A. 396
2. Even if a person walks about unclad and mortifies his flesh
by observing austerities and fasts for months together, if filled with deceit, he will be born endless number of times.
-- Sū. Kļ. Sū. 1.2.1.9
3. If an ignorant person observes fasts for months and takes
just a morsel of food to break each fast, he still will not be equal to the sixteenth part of the religious order proclaimed by the Jinas.
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