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Aug 24, 2020 3 tweets 2 min read Read on X
Day 2
उत्तम मार्दव ।
Supreme humility.

A mistake that makes you humble is better than an achievement that makes you Arrogant.
Such is the importance of being humble.
#दस_लक्षण #jains #Jainism #jain Image
Humility’ or ‘Not to be Proud’ is the character of this Dharma. To think that all my worldly glamour, my own body, higher caste, strength, worldly knowledge etc. will definitely destroy one or the other day then why to be proud of these?
Thus considering all the worldly possessions like a dream one becomes fully humble or modest to proceed long on the eternal path of liberation.

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