Passage 31

In English

Students sometimes start earnestly on meditation but after a while they lose their seriousness. As a result, whatever progress was made initially, gets wiped out. Whose fault is it? Can you blame God? No! You alone are responsible for whatever has befallen you. Instead of facing the impediments to your meditation, you become impatient; once you become impatient, you start having doubts about the utility and the efficacy of meditation; after that your interest starts slackening – all this because of the lack of patience. So, is indispensable. is life itself and the very breath of life. Life bereft of , is meaningless and one who lives so is no better than a corpse. Therefore, acquire and protect at all costs.