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Thieves, sinners, addicts,

hypocrites, the lustful and

tricksters who resort to alchemy --

do not keep the company

of these six types of people.

.... Bhagwan Swaminarayan (1781-1830), Shikshapatri: 27

 

Never wear improper clothing

through which

body parts can be seen.

Bhagwan Swaminarayan (1781-1830), Shikshapatri: 38

 

Make sure, the parents who held

your finger and took you to school

for eight years of your childhood,

are escorted in the last eight years

of their old age to the Mandir.

.... Unknown.

 

Parents shed tears twice:

when a daughter marries

and leaves home,

and when a sun shuns them.

.... Unknown.

 

The son

whom parents taught to talk

in his childgood,

teaches them to be quiet

in theri old age!

.... Unknown.