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It is a gross mistake to believe that this is a path to worldly misery and material destitution. Says an ancient Sanskrit text, Ratna Karanda Sravakachara: "Whoever turns himself into a jewel-case of philosophic wisdom, perfect devotion, and faultless conduct, to him comes success in all his enterprises, like a woman eager to return to her husband." Note particularly that the promise is made to those who have travelled the threefold path and have also travelled it to its end.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 5 : Self-Development > # 414