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ingly. If he is insulted or attacked by man or beast or even by any form of super-human agency, he will not move an inch, but will strive his utmost to remain absolutely tranquil and unruffled, avoiding even the cherishing of an angry thought in his mind. He has destroyed all sense of attachment to his body, and cannot, therefore, regard its afflictions and inflictions as his own in any sense. He who beats or insults his body, therefore, does nothing which he can or ought to resent. Similarly, he has no love left in him for his personality-the name which he bore when he was not ordained, and the appurtenant personal paraphernalia that he possessed as a householder. It is not possible for any one to disturb him by slandering his good name, for that reason. When attacked he does not even wish for a speedy termination of the assault or trouble or discomfort. He simply turns his attention inwards and throws himself in the attitude of kayotsarga (detachment from the body), till the assault be over, or death put an end to the trouble. flight will never enter his mind; for not afraid of, but rather anxious to meet, death fear or flee from ?
The idea of a what should one
There are five kinds of death, namely :—
1. Pandita pandita (literally, wise-wise, hence the Master's),
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2. Pandita (the wise-man's),
3. Bala-pandita (literally, child-pandita's),
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