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PATII OF LIBERATION
209 (568) He who has an eye on his upward journey (liberation) should not think of the external objects (i. e., worldly pleasures): he should protect his body for annihilating the past Karmas.
(569) The man possessed of a calm disposition must die, the man possessed of a cowardly disposition too must die; so when death is inevitable in any case, it is better to die possessed of a calm disposition.
(570) One death-of-the-wise-man puts an end to hundreds of births; hence one ought to die such a death as eams one the title well-died.
(571) A wise person who is free from anxiety dies a peaceful death once; by such death, he immediately puts an end to an infinite number of deaths.
(572) One ought to undertake every activity with the fear of bondage (i. e. possibilities of bondage) one ought to prolonge one's life in the hope of acquiring ever new gains in the future and at the end, one ought to destroy one's defilements with prudence.
(573) He who has no fear of any kind before him, should not take the vow of desisting from food and water; if he seeks death, he should be treated as disgusted taken even from his monkhood i. e. fast-unto-death.
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