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śrīmad's Philosophy of Ārmadharma (kulaguru) though they may not be having knowledge (of the soul).
.(3) He believes and admires the description of the physical body of a Jina and the celestial places where the Jinas delivered their sermons (instead of their qualities and inner state).
(4) An aspirant may come across a pious teacher, but will not believe his teachings. On the contrary, he may easily come to respect and surrender to a bad preceptor with a view to easily getting respect for himself.
(5) A bad preceptor loves the descriptions of celestial gods and hellish creatures as the real scriptures and is obstinate about his own beliefs and outer appearance, taking such things as the path to liberation.
(6) A bad preceptor does not care for the unstable mental condition of his own and does not understand real spiritual good but observes some vows cic.. and takes pride in them with the object of eaming name and fame. 40
(7) He talks about the theoretical view-point regarding the soul and its pure state, but internally he
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