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association (satsanga) of a sat-guru, he must equip himself with the following qualities and rules of conduct. He must earn his livelihood in a moral, just and honest manner. He must develop non-attachment mentally, and psychologically to his possessions and all outer things and totally surrunder to a sat-guru, whose devotion is a must for an aspirant. He must also reduce and minimize his worldly activities and associations, possessions and control his love for tasty food. He must have full and unquestionable faith in the preachings of the sadguru. Similarly he must be disinterested in mundane life. He must love even minor qualities and virtues of others and abhor his own minor defects and faults. Most important requirement in this respect is that an aspirant should never beg knowledge (of the soul) of the sadguru, but pray and ask for nonattachment or vītaragatā and subsidence of passions.
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10) Jain Religion : Śrîmad had studied various Indian systems of faith and was equitable towards all religions. He, very strongly believed and advocated that it was hot at all necessary to belong to any religion, because de ultimate aim and object of human life was selfrealization or liberation. What was required to reach or ichieve that goal was qualities like non-attachmeni. dumility (absence of ego), subsidence of passions like
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