Post No. 13,720
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Festivals -Oct.2-Mahalaya Amavasai, Gandhi Jayanti, 3-Navaratri begins,11- Sarasvati Puja, 12- Vijaya dasami, 31- Diwali (deepaavali)
New moon day – oct.2; Full moon day -17;
Ekadasi fasting days- 13, 28
Auspicious days- 21,31
Following are quotations from Niti vakyamritam by Somadeva Suri, Jain Saint,990 CE.
October 1 Tuesday
He who being born brightens his lineage is a son.
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October 2 Wednesday
Modesty is indeed an ornament of prowess.
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October 3 Thursday
There is no animal greater than an ignorant man.
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October 4 Friday
Instruction polishes only the worthy persons and not the unworthy.
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October 5 Saturday
Hearing is listening to the scriptures.
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October 6 Sunday
What is the use of that nectar which is mixed with poison?
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October 7 Monday
Disciples generally follow the conduct of teachers.
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October 8 Tuesday
Like fire wicked persons singe even those who give shelter.
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October 9 Wednesday
Like a forest elephant,, greedy of immediate pleasures fall a prey to misfortune.
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October 10 Thursday
As a lion earns demerit by killing an elephant, so does a person transgressing the tenets of righteousness becomes sharer in sins.
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October 11 Friday
There is no therapy for the lustful.
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October 12 Saturday
The nature of brahmins is generally meek and pious.
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October 13 Sunday
The nature of warriors is aggressive.
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October 14 Monday
Simplicity and crookedness are inborn in peasants.
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October 15 Tuesday
The wrath of brahmins lasts till the receipt of gifts.
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October 16 Wednesday
The wrath of teachers and elders ends on salutations.
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October 17 Thursday
The anger of warriors lasts till the end of life.
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October 18 Friday
The anger of traders ends with the utterance and listening of sweet words.
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October 19 Saturday
All perish who are indifferent to injustice.
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October 20 Sunday
What is the use of that man, whoever he be, who does not stand by another in distress?
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October 21 Monday
Parasites are abundant in the world.
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October 22 Tuesday
Affection for one’s country is the greatest of all affections.
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October 23 Wednesday
It is heard that at some time the secret deliberation was divulged by a pair of parrots and other animals.
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October 24 Thursday
That article alone is eaten that which is digested.
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October 25 Friday
Conversation with the great yields fruit like a milk yielding tree.
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October 26 Saturday
Low minded persons yield fruit and those trees are difficult to climb.
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October 27 Sunday
A lazy man is not worthy of any official duty and undertaking.
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October 28 Monday
Sensible words spoken even by a child should be accepted.
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October 29 Tuesday
He who showers affection even in distress just as he does in prosperity, is a friend .
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October 30 Wednesday
Bribe is verily the door for the advent of all evils
October 31 Thursday
Those living on bribes cut even the breast of their mother.
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Bonus quotes
There is no greater friend than milk.
There is no greater friend than water which as soon as it mixes with milk increase and protects it even by his own destruction.
–subham—
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