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HUMILITY
PART IV : 41
Let us now see the ultimate spiritual reward of the propitiation of humility. Only the humble can honour and worship the saints now and again methodically. If one is lucky enough to have association with a genuine saint, and if the latter is convinced that his devotee deserves, he will be lucky enough to be bestowed with selfknowledge. When one ponders over this divine knowledge now and again, he is able to cultivate the power to climb up the ladder leading to genuine philosophical thinking. As a result of this, the Sadhaka attains to self-realisation and becomes a saint. This proves that the highest philosophical and spiritual reward can be attained by the propitiation of the virtue that is humility.
Let us grasp with the study of authentic Shastras, and through guidance of the preceptor these numerous types of humility-humility of true knowledge (Jnana Vinaya ), humility of true vision (Darshan Vinaya ), humility of true conduct (Charitra Vinaya), and humility pertaining to the greatness of Acharyas and other great men not comprehendable directly at present (Upachara Vinaya). Let us propritiate this great virtue. Glory of Humility : (1) The first test of man's real greatness is the humility present
in him. (2) As we further our advancement in humility, the nearer we
move towards the peak of greatness. (3) By humility we can win many things, yet it costs us nothing. (4) Through humility, loving conduct and a spirit of tolerance
all men can be won over and made our close friends. (5) Real greatness dawns only when boasting ends (6) Humility is the root of loftiness, it is the source of all
prosperity, it spreads our glory far and wide and is like the
moon that brings a tide in the ocean of Dharma. (7) It is our duty to be humble towards the highly virtuous, it
is our gentlemanliness to be humble to equals and our nobility to be humble with our inferiors. Humility towards one and all indicates a state of equanimity (Samadrshti).
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