Bhishma Pithamaha's Advice to Humanity

Bhismadeva advised for all human beings nine qualifications: 

• Not to become angry 
• Not to lie 
• To equally distribute wealth 
• To forgive 
• To beget children only by one's legitimate wife 
• To be pure in mind and hygienic in body 
• Not to be inimical toward anyone 
• To be simple 
• To support servants or subordinates. 

Bhismadeva also advices this: 

1. To get freedom from anger, one should learn how to forgive. 
2. To be free from unlawful desires one should not make plans. 
3. By spiritual culture one is able to conquer sleep. 
4. By tolerance only can one conquer desires and avarice. 
5. Disturbances from various diseases can be avoided by regulated diets. 
6. By self-control one can be free from false hopes. 
7. Money can be saved by avoiding undesirable association. 
8. By practice of yoga one can control hunger. 
9. Worldliness can be avoided by culturing the knowledge of impermanence. 
10. Dizziness can be conquered by rising up. 
11. False arguments can be conquered by factual ascertainment. 
12. Talkativeness can be avoided by gravity and silence. 
13. By prowess one can avoid fearfulness. 
14. Perfect knowledge can be obtained by self-cultivation.

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