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3. Intoxication, merriment, passions, inertia and gossip these five belong to the realm of non-vigilance and abstention from such negative traits is vigilance.
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4. The wise and prudent should remain alert even amidst the company of the idle and the indolent. Knowing that the time is trecherous and body is feeble, he should move about as watchfully as the Bhāraṇḍa bird ( A mythological bird which has two heads and one body).
Utta. Sū. 4.6 5. An indolent person can never be happy and a lethargic person can never acquire knowledge. A person with attachments cannot acquire renunciation and one who has a violent attitude cannot be compassionate.
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6. Oman! always be vigilant. He who is vigilant gains more and more knowledge. He who is invigilant is not blessed. Blessed is he who is always vigilant.
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7. Do not procrastinate. What you have to do, do today itself, for lurking death may lay its cruel hands on you any
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- Rși. 35.22
8. Follow the path of righteousness and waste not a single moment. Life is full of obstacles and so one should not postpone anything for tomorrow.
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