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Appendix-7: Comparison of Fundamental Principles
**Verse 351**
Even those who have been virtuous for a long time, at the time of death, due to the weight of their past karma, fall away from the Three Jewels.
**Verse 352**
Therefore, just as the moon is obscured by clouds, so too, the soul, due to its inherent qualities, must be made to strive for liberation.
**Verse 353**
How can one strive when, at that time, one is unable to perform external practices like breath control?
One who is free from external practices and has entered into the state of inner meditation, like a person who is not confused in that place, should abandon the body.