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Chapter 13
Remedy:- A striver who aims at God-realization, should serve the saints from his heart, because their grace, bears quick fruit. He should, have this conviction and act accordingly.
An Important Fact
A disciple, should serve his teacher. If a disciple performs his duty, scrupulously, his affinity with the world is renounced, and he gets identified with, the truth in teacher viz., virtues of his teacher develop in him. Having renounced affinity, with the world, he attains salvation and having identified himself with the truth in teacher, he develops devotion. With this identification he does not remain a disciple, and he is not controlled by scriptures etc. But if a disciple, does not perform his duty, scrupulously, he will remain only a nominal disciple, not a real one. Without remaining a real disciple, his affinity with the world will not be renounced, and he will not get identified, with the teacher. Thus, he will remain a slave, to the world.
If a disciple expects of his teacher to lead him alone to salvation—'It is also a bondage, for the disciple. A disciple, should surrender himself to his preceptor, without having any will of his own. He should become a yesman, to his preceptor's will.
It is the foremost duty of a preceptor, to emancipate his disciple. If he does not perform his duty, he is a nominal preceptor. If he has a desire to receive anything (money, respect, praise etc.,) from his disciple, he is not a teacher but he is a slave, to the disciple.
Saucam:- 'Saucam', means external and internal purity. The body, is purified by cleaning it with water and earth etc., while the mind is purified by having divine traits, such as mercy, forgiveness and generosity etc.
Remedy:- The body, is made of filthy materials. It may be cleaned again and again, yet it contains filth. By knowing the fact, that it is full of filth, a striver becomes indifferent and detached to it.
Earning money by truthful and honest means, according to one's caste and stage of life, without laying claim to others' property, etc., and purity of diet, purify the mind.
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