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16. The real ornaments that enhance the beauty of a woman are chastity and modesty; the others are mere appendages.
- Br. Bhā. 4118
17. Miserable is not he who dies while seeking self realiza
tion, but miserable is he who gives up self-restraint, becomes perverted and leads an aimless life.
- Ni. Bhā. 1717
18. Knowledge is instrumental for emancipation and the body
is instrumental for acquisition of knowledge. Hence an aspirant is permitted to take regulated diet for the sustenance of the body.
– BỊ. Bhã. 5281
19. There is no greater suffering than hunger.
- Piņda. Ni. 663
20. By retiring to the forest alone if one can become wise and
austere, then the lions, leopards and other denizens of the forest can become so.
– Acã. Cũ. 1.7.1
21. What other fortune do the saints require after having acquired the sublime treasure of self-knowledge ?
- Sū. Kr. Cū. 1.14
22. Knowledge alone does not enable a task to be accomplished.
- Acā. Ni. 1156
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