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| 3. Docility to parents is good. 4. Liberality to friends, acquaint
ances and relatives, and to brah
mins and recluses is good. Rock Edict, No. 3.
5. Not to injure living beings is
good. 6. Economy in expenditure, and
avoiding disputes, is good. [ 7. Self-mastery are always
8. Purity of heart possible and 9. Gratitude excellent
even for the Rock Edict, No. 7. 1o. Fidelity
man who is too poor to be able to
(give largely: 11. People perform rites or ceremonies for luck on occasion of sickness, weddings, childbirth, oron starting on a journey-corrupt and worthless ceremonies. Now there is a lucky ceremony that may be performed, -not
worthless like those, but full of Rock Edicts, Nos. J
fruit, -the lucky ceremony of 9 and 11.
the Dhamma. And therein is included right conduct towards slaves and servants, honour towards teachers, self-restraint towards living things, liberality to brahmins and recluses. These things, and others such as these, are the lucky ceremony
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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