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sufficient for maintenance only. He may not try for amassing more wealth than is necessary for maintenance in the simple way.
9. He must observe the fasting dates such as the eleventh savath day of the growing and waning moon.
10. He must show respect to the banian tree, the cow, the learned Brahmin and the devotee.
The above are the first stepping stones towards the path of devotional service and gradually one has to adopt other items negatively like.
11. One should  avoid  offences in the discharge of duties in respect of devotional service and chanting of the holy name.
12. He  must leave  the company of non-devotees  i.e. , not to associate them in close intimacy.
13. He must  not create  unlimited disciples. This means that a candidate who has successfully reached up to the 12th stage can also become spiritual master himself just a student becomes the monitor in the class with limited number of disciples.
14. He must  not pose  himself as vastly learned man simply quoting statement of books. He must have solid knowledge of the necessary books without superfluous knowledge in the others.
15. A regular and successful practice up to the 14th item will enable the candidate to have an equilibrium of the mind even there is great trial of material loss or a great material gain in life.
16. And the next stage is that the candidate  does not become  afficted by any lamentation and illusion.
17. He  does not deride  at other's mode of religiosity or at other's mode of worship neither does indulge in the matter of deriding at the Personality of Godhead or His devotees.
18. He  never tolerates  blaspheming the Lord and His devotees.