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THE WAY OF LIFE
progressing and developing, he will think and act from that point of view and with that objective. You must think in the right manner before you carry out any activity. Thinking is carried out with the mind. Therefore, you should first of all reform your mind and make it pure and perfect. Only then can man live a happy and lofty kind of life.
In order to reform and ennoble your mind, you should associate with noble people. This is absolutely necessary. It is also absolutely necessary to study with concentration and devotion the great books that can bring about in us spiritual and moral awakening. This provides the right direction to our mental propensities and actions. If you develop contacts with those great men who can give you proper guidance and direction in respect of your materialistic and spiritual progress and elevation, those contacts will provide you with the enthusiasm that is necessary to pursue your purusharthas. Moreover, you will achieve greater and greater progress.
THINGS TO BE BORNE IN MIND
In your endeavours relating to the achievements of your objectives of Dharma, Artha and Kama, your relations with the people around you, their co-operation, their encouragement and their support also are of great importance. Only then can you attain progress and peace. I will mention here some important points that will help you to attain fulfilment in your pursuit of the purusharthas. Listen to them with concentration.
1. Develop and establish a greater relationship with an
object knowing its real nature clearly. 2. Do not have any prejudice against anyone. Free yourselves
from all prejudices as soon as possible. 3. Determine the shape, scope and extent of the plan of your
action after understanding the situation thoroughly and
without being perturbed. 4. If you happen to come across any doubts, anxieties and
impediments in your pursuit of any objective, you must
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