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Even the dog, which is uneducated, has the knowledge that
he must be faithful to his master and he guards over his
master’s property. If he comes across a thief who is trying to
steal his master’s property, he barks at him. Even if the thief
beats him with a stick, the dog continues to bark and chases
the thief away.

On the other hand, human beings, who are far smarter than
animals, behave like the ignorant and indulge in deceit, lies
and stealing. Look at the difference! Foolish men and wise
animals choose different paths.

The wise one is simple, humble, polite, tolerant and serves
others. A haughty person suffering from ignorance makes a
big noise, shows great anger and arrogance. This teaches
us that if we wish to live like the wise ones, we should not
be influenced by the ignorant world and its lack of
discrimination, its mercilessness and its sinful and reckless
life. Instead, we should lead compassionate, ethical lives
full of kind words and good deeds, using our discriminative
knowledge to guide us.
Treading a Different Path from the World

1. The royal swan only feeds on pearls, nothing else. This is
the swan’s USP. It will ensure its peace of mind.

2. Similarly, we humans must only behave in a manner that
is compassionate and kind. We must use our discriminative
knowledge and practise good deeds. This is our USP. It
will ensure our peace of mind.

3. After spending an eternity in the infancy stage at the level
of dharma, we have finally reached the youth stage at the
level of dharma. Hence, it would be inappropriate to behave
in a harsh, merciless and sinful manner that reflects a lack
of discriminative knowledge. Behaving like an infant now

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