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Similarly in another town, when its king noticed that a member of the merchant community was behaving in an unlawful manner, he confiscated all his property and expelled him out of his town.
The acārya concluded that like the two merchants who did considerable harm to the people of the towns where they had lived, badly trained teachers also cause considerable harm to many souls. They should not encourage indisciplined behaviour in any of their disciples.
Inspite of the clear cut warning, the ill-bred ācārya would not improve things in his asrama. The visiting ācārya then spoke directly to the inmates of the asrama and admonished their master. "He is an ignorant man. Not a true follower of the religion. No body's soul can be safe in his hands. You better not listen to him at all."
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