The Good Householder

If a man goes through the householder's life along the way of Dharma, nothing is left for him to attain by becoming a recluse or going to the forest. Of all classes of aspirants to Dharma, the householder who lives up to the standard is the most estimable

There is more penance in the life of a householder who does what should be done and avoids any lapse from Dharma, than in the privations of hermits. He who leads his life in this world as he should, ranks with the gods in heaven.

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