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8. One should take care of this body so as only to reduce the accumulated karmic bondage.
9. Mere study of sacred texts cannot protect any one.
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10. Not wealth (but nobility of conduct) is necessary for moving the wheel of righteousness.
13. No task daunts the courageous.
Utta. Su. 6.13
11. By service one acquires the meritorious karmas which bring about for him the form ( Nāma) and status ( Gotra) of a Tirthankara.
Utta. Sū. 14.12
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12. A blind person is able to apprehend various things through all senses other than the eyes, but a person who indulges in gambling is unable to apprehend anything, though he possesses all the senses.
Vasu. Śrā. 66
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Utta. Sü. 14.17
Utta. Sū. 29.43
14. An idle and inactive person finds fault with everything and everyone, notwithstanding his own shortcomings. - Br. Bhā. 2138
Bṛ. Bhā. 1357
15. If one is inactive, his qualities become defects in due
course.
- Br. Bha. 3181
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