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(465) He who realises his own soul after attaining mental equanimity achieves confession-know this to be the advice of the supreme Jina.
(466) To get up at the arrival of an elder to welcome him with folded hands, to offer him (an honoured) seat, to serve him with a feeling of devotedness-these constitute humility.
(467) Humility is of five kinds; humility in faith, in knwledge, in conduct, in penance and in decorum or etiquette, these lead to liberation i.e.the fifth state.
(468) If one (elder) is insulted, it amounts to an insult to all; if one is venerated, all of them are venerated.
(469) Humility is the basic (virtue) according to Jaina scripture; a person of humility acquires self-restratint. Where is religion and where is penance to one who has lost humility?
(470) Humility is the gateway to liberation;through humility one acquires self-restraint, penance and knowledge. By humility one honours the Ācārya and the Sangh (i.e.the entire community of religious people).
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