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176 RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE JAINAS knows of their wrong doing. He should not ignore wrong doing or let the dependent persons get so vicious that their condition would lower his wisdom. Avoid a person if very bad; do not bring up serpents in your house.
20. Respect and render service to the Deva (i.e. the ideal, or Arhat), to the guest, and to poor deserving people. (The Deva has no commands - you take no commands from him.)
21. With regard to eating and drinking, eat and drink at the proper time in conformity with the nature of your constitution. But under all circumstances give up excessive eating simply because that particular food is liked by you.
22. When you feel that you are getting weak physically adopt the proper remedy for it.
23. Do not travel in countries which are full of criminals, or where there are other dangers such as famine, plague, earthquake, etc. The idea is self-protection.
24. He should not act in such a way as to become unnecessarily hostile to the people; he should live in peace with them. (These rules are for the beginners and not for the strong in spiritual quality.)
25. With reference to the attitude that he ought to have towards people that are ignorant, in a low state of development, his action should be such that they would feel that there is a higher life than their own. Let them feel the influence of the purer life of honesty, for instance.
26. He should avoid too much intimacy. Do not be too intimate with anybody.
27. Render service to those who have taken spiritual vows and who are experienced in the matter of wisdom and knowledge. Do some kind of service to them, and in that way you appreciate the wisdom and the vows, with the idea of becomirig like them. The idea here is that a man is a social being and must live in company of some sort; therefore, he should establish certain relationships with the right kind of people, so that by that means he may become virtuous.
28. This rule is with regard to the several objects of life. There
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