Passage 12

In English

was afflicted with weakness of mind and heart. chastised for his moral and spiritual cowardice. As long as you are weak and timid, you cannot achieve anything in life. Sentimentality and body consciousness should be avoided. As long as you think from the point of view of the perishable body, you cannot overcome your spiritual pusillanimity. When you think from the point of view of the immortal , you will have no feelings of weakness and timidity. By these exhortations, galvanised into activity on the battlefield.