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9. Use the present moment most purposefully.
--- Sū. Kr. Sū. 1.2.3.19
10. One should acquire valuable knowledge and avoid what is worthless.
--- Utta. Sū. 1.8
11. Just as fire burns dry wood in no time, so also an ever
vigilant aspirant absorbed in the contemplation of the self, destroys the heap of karmas in no time.
-- Ācā. Sū. 1.4.3.33
12. Imperfect is the knowledge of a person who is not vigilant
and perfect is the knowledge of a person who is ever wakeful and vigilant.
--- Br. Bhā. 3384
13. Non-vigilance is the root cause of karmic bondage.
-- Ni. Cū. 6689
Sixty three Fearlessness
1. A timid person is always helpless and, under the influ
ence of some fear or the other, he makes others also fearful. Such a person is influenced by evil spirits.
--- Praśna. 2.2.125
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